El inconformismo del intelectual en los escritos periodísticos de José Jiménez Lozano (1956-1966)

Abstract

Desde mediados de los años 50 a mediados de los 60, en plena dictadura de la censura franquista y en una sociedad cerrada culturalmente, los primeros escritos periodísticos de José Jiménez Lozano hablan de apertura y de rebeldía. Lo hacen a través de glosas a la función del intelectual a quien emplaza como al faro que guía a la sociedad. Responsabilidad suya es defender de las imposturas y abrir nuevos caminos al conocimiento. Se desgajan los rasgos que caracterizan su labor: valentía para someter a juicio critico lo que ocurre en su entorno y afrontar las consecuencias que de ello se derivan. El pensador ha de defenderse del peligro de renunciar al propio pensamiento, ya sea por la tentación de ceder a la frivolidad y a la superficialidad, bien sea por la imposición de un pensamiento ajeno. Si a él le corresponde esta tarea por excelencia, es en definitiva un quehacer de todo hombre se halla en total concordancia con los valores que propugna el cristianismo.

During the 50's and 60's in the peak of the Franco Regime in a closed and highly censored society was when José Jiménez Lozano made his foray into journalism, his writings were charged with revolutionary ideas and progressiveness. His work revolved around the intellectual being the beacon to guide society to defend it from the manipulations of political ambitions and open new roads to knowledge. His own personal qualities were reflected in his articles, the courage he displayed to critically judge what was happening around him and face the consequences. He proposed that the intellectual has to defend himself against the danger of discarding his own intellect, whether its to fall into the temptation to play down ones own thoughts, or by applying or accepting the thoughts of somebody else. If its his obligation to perform this task then it is the definitive task of every man and is fully compatible with the values advocated by Christianity.