Publicación: Constant : construcción teórica de una soberanía popular limitada
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2024-08-28
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Universidad Católica de La Plata. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas
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El artículo analiza el concepto de soberanía popular en la obra de Constant a partir de un diálogo con las tradiciones políticas subyacentes a su pensamiento. Constant sostiene el principio de soberanía popular de Rousseau, pero rechaza su carácter absoluto al limitar su alcance y defender la necesidad de un sistema de derechos individuales. La necesidad de limitar el alcance del poder político se explica, en última instancia, por la concepción sustancialmente negativa que Constant tiene de la política: esta no tiene otro fin que el de procesar los conflictos inevitables en la sociedad.
The article analyzes the concept of popular sovereignty in Constant's work through a dialogue with the political traditions underlying his thought. Constant supports Rousseau's principle of popular sovereignty but rejects its absolute character by limiting its scope and defending the need for a system of individual rights. The need to limit the scope of political power is ultimately explained by Constant's substantially negative conception of politics: this has no other purpose than to process the inevitable conflicts in society.
The article analyzes the concept of popular sovereignty in Constant's work through a dialogue with the political traditions underlying his thought. Constant supports Rousseau's principle of popular sovereignty but rejects its absolute character by limiting its scope and defending the need for a system of individual rights. The need to limit the scope of political power is ultimately explained by Constant's substantially negative conception of politics: this has no other purpose than to process the inevitable conflicts in society.
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CONSTANT, SOBERANÍA POPULAR, PODER LIMITADO, DERECHOS, POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, LIMITED POWER, RIGHTS
