Aproximación al pensamiento político de John Locks

Abstract

The following paper pursues to scan the political thinking of Locke. In order to achieve this goal it stands bibliographically in the second treatise on government as a synthesis of his practical thinking. In a first moment, it will be a historical sampling of the political chore of this age in Europe and, specifically, in England. In the second part it makes the exposition of the second treatise on government where the principal theme is the natural state. The third moment of this work points out the kind of government that Locke propose into a civil society. The proposal will be the partition of the three powers, because of his idea of a government it must be the representative democracy guided by a constitutional monarchy. The last point is a reading about Rousseau, in the social contract, in order to show the possible influence of Locke over the political thinking of Rousseau.

Keywords:

Locke

Rousseau

estado natural

sociedad civil

democracia

Locke

Rousseau

Natural state

Civil Society

Democracy

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References

LOCKE, John. 1969. Ensayo sobre el Gobierno Civil. Traducción de Amando Lázaro Ros. Madrid: Aguilar.

MACPHERSON, C. B. 1970. La Teoría Política del Individualismo Posesivo. Capítulo V. Traducción de J. R. Capella. Barcelona: Editorial Fontanella.

ROUSSEAU. 1993. El Contrato Social. Traducción de Maria José Villaverde. Barcelona: Ediciones Altaya.

IVERSEN VAUGHN, K. 1983. John Locke (Economista y Sociólogo). Capítulo IV y V. Traducción de Juan José Utrilla. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.