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Abstract

Este trabajo reconstruye la génesis normativa de la democracia uruguaya en base al pensamiento de Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga, figura de relieve de las lides doctrinarias y políticas del Uruguay decimonónico. El texto cataloga el pensamiento de Aréchaga como un momento relevante en el camino de afirmación normativa e institucional de la política uruguaya. Por un lado, se pone énfasis en su amalgama teórica de postulados liberales, republicanos y democráticos, destacándose sus fórmulas combinatorias de un perfeccionismo cívico con un realismo democrático. Por otro, se analiza, junto a algunos claroscuros del discurso teórico de Aréchaga, su contribución a los fundamentos de una política pluralista y su anticipación a algunos arreglos institucionales fundamentales de la democracia de partidos en Uruguay, mayormente consagrados en la Constitución de 1917. Finalmente, se pasa revista al legado normativo del autor, resumiendo las distancias y cercanías de su pensamiento respecto a algunos problemas teóricos de actualidad y a ciertos rasgos centrales de la democracia uruguaya.

Alternate abstract:

This paper reconstructs the normative genesis of Uruguayan democracy based on the thought of Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga, a prominent figure of the doctrinal and political ideals of the 19th century in the country. The text catalogs Aréchaga's thought as a relevant moment in the path of normative and institutional affirmation of Uruguayan politics. On the one hand, the article foucuses on his theoretical amalgam of liberal, republican and democratic postulates, emphasizing his combinatorial formulas of a civic perfectionism with a democratic realism. On the other hand, along with some chiaroscuro of Aréchaga's theoretical discourse, the text analyzes his contribution to the foundations of pluralistic politcs and his anticipation to some fundamental institutional arrangements of party democracy in Uruguay, mostly enshrined in the 1917 Constitution. Finally, the author's normative legacy is reviewed, summarizing the distances and closeness of his thinking with respect to some current theoretical problems and certain central features of Uruguayan democracy.

Details

Title
ENTRE LA REPÚBLICA Y LA DEMOCRACIA: JUSTINO JIMÉNEZ DE ARÉCHAGA 1
Author
Gallardo, Javier 1 

 Doctor en Ciencia Política. Docente e investigador en el Instituto de Ciencia Política, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República. Correo electrónico: [email protected] 
Pages
1-18
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Fundación de Cultura Universitaria
ISSN
07979789
e-ISSN
1688499X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
2131783003
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under NOCC (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.