Rafael Gambra Ciudad

Rafael Gambra Ciudad
Gambra in 1939
Born	21 July 1920 (1920-07-21) Madrid, Spain
Died	13 January 2004(2004-01-13) (aged 83) Madrid, Spain
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy Spanish philosophy
School	Carlism Traditionalism
Main interests	Political philosophy

Rafael Gambra Ciudad (21 July 1920 – 13 January 2004) was a Spanish philosopher, a secondary education official, a Carlist politician and a soldier. In philosophy he is considered key representative of late Traditionalism; his works fall also into theory of state and politics. He is best known as author of books focusing on secularisation of Western European culture in the consumer society era. As a politician he is acknowledged as a theorist rather than as an active protagonist, though after 2001 he briefly headed one of the Carlist branches.