Carlos Keller (3 January 1898 in Concepción-1974) was a leading Chilean fascist ideologue. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Biobío river and Concepción Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of the Eighth Region. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An ideology is a collection of ideas. ...

Keller was born into a family with German origins and completed his education at universities in Germany. He received his doctorate in 1921 and soon became known as a disciple of Chilean historian Alberto Edwards and Oswald Spengler, with whom he had struck up a friendship in Germany. His first book, Spengler y la Situaciòn Politica Cultural de la America Iberica (1927) argued for a strong hierarchical basis to Latin American politics in order to preserve Spanish identity. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (Blankenburg am Harz May 29, 1880 – May 8, 1936, Munich) was a German historian and philosopher, although his studies ranged throughout mathematics, science, philosophy, history, and art. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the various types of hierarchy, see hierarchy (disambiguation) A hierarchy (in Greek: Ιεραρχία, it is derived from ιερός-hieros, sacred, and άρχω-arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Keller went to work for the Department of Census and Statistics from 1927, becoming director general in 1931. He also served as a professor at a number of Chilean universities and a journalist. His 1931 book La Eterna Crisis Chilena continued his political work, with him arguing that Chile faced a crisis because it failed to fully adopt Western ways and instead just crudely imitated them. Keller soon met Jorge González von Marées and soon launched the Movimiento Nacional Socialista de Chile with him. Keller was not a slavish follower of German Nazism and instead he saw Chilean nacismo as seeking to do away with the corruption rife in Chilean democracy. He looked to the example of Diego Portales as a strong modernizing dictator and sought to develop Chilean economic independence through the growth of a middle class. 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jorge González von Marées (April 5, 1900-March 14, 1962) was El Jefe (the leader) of the Movimiento Nacional Socialista de Chile (MNS, National Socialist Movement of Chile), a politician and author. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Diego Portales Diego Portales Palazuelos (June 15, 1793-June 6, 1837) was a Chilean minister and entrepreneur. ...

When the Nacis attempted a coup in 1938 Keller was arrested, although a presidential decree from Pedro Aguirre Cerda saw him released and he returned to study. Keller largely stayed aloof from politics after this (he did not join the rebranded Vanguardia Popular Socialista) and his 1949 novel La Locura de Juan Bernales was seen as an attack on Jorge González von Marées, with whom he had become disillusioned. Keller lived out the remainder of his life as an academic, taking no further role in political activity. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pedro Aguirre Cerda (February 6, 1879 - November 25, 1941) was a Chilean political figure. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

External links

• Carlos Keller website in Spanish
• A pro-Keller essay from the above source in English