“LA CUESTIÓN DE LÍMITES”: INTELLECTUALS, DIPLOMATS AND THE BORDER DISPUTE BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND CHILE (19TH TO 21ST CENTURIES)

Abstract

The Argentine and Chilean States are nowadays divided by the third largest border line in the world and, since the second half of the 19th century, there have been intense intellectual debates about the areas to be controlled by each country. The article associates the intensification of the production of those men and mobilization and construction of international rivalries, antagonisms and tensions that almost led to the war on three occasions. Its main objective is to debate the connections between intellectuals, diplomats, politicians and the military in a comparative and connected perspective, focusing on the debate on the international border line.