Propiedad, democracia y monarquía en John Locke. (¿Era Locke un partidario de la igualdad política y la democracia?)

Roberto Rodríguez Guerra

doi:10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v20i2.2329

Property, Democracy and Monarchy in John Locke. Was Locke a Supporter of Political Equality and Democracy?

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Roberto Rodríguez Guerra Universidad de La Laguna Spain

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https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v20i2.2329

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Locke, Liberalism, Equality, Democracy, Monarchy

Abstract

This paper questions those interpretations of Locke as a follower of leveller radicalism and an unequivocal supporter of political equality and democracy. It argues that his work and political thought seek mainly a return to «our ancient government» and «its original constitution», that is, a model of “moderate or mixed monarchy” which not only represents a democratic regression compared to the «popular republicanism» of the Levellers but also a form of government in which the democratic and egalitarian elements are weakened.

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Author Biography

Roberto Rodríguez Guerra, Universidad de La Laguna

Roberto Rodríguez Guerra es profesor Titular de Filosofía Moral de la Universidad de La Laguna.

Líneas de investigación:

Su labor investigadora ha girado en torno al análisis histórico-crítico del modelo ideo-político liberal, a los desafíos éticos y políticos planteados por el pluralismo y, en la actualidad, sobre la teoría e historia de la democracia.

Publicaciones recientes:

2013: «El triunfo y las crisis de la democracia liberal», Política y Sociedad, 50, 2, pp. 657 - 679.

2013: «De nuevo sobre los problemas de la democracia liberal en el siglo XX», en Ernesto Garzón Valdés, Javier Muguerza, Tony R. Murphy, (comps.), Democracia y participación. Gran Canaria: Fundación Maphre Guanarteme, pp. 85 - 140.

Dirección postal: Universidad de La Laguna. Facultad de Filosofía. Campus de Guajara s/n. C.P. 38200.

Correo electrónico: rrguerra@ull.edu.es

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2017-03-28

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Rodríguez Guerra, R. (2017). Property, Democracy and Monarchy in John Locke. Was Locke a Supporter of Political Equality and Democracy?. Contrastes. Revista Internacional De Filosofía, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v20i2.2329

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2015)

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