Abstract

BETRIA, Mercedes. The political citizenship in Esteban Echeverria thought. Temas debates (En línea) [online]. 2012, n.23, pp.57-70. ISSN 1853-984X.

In this article we propose that the cuestion of citizenship is for Esteban Echeverría, member of argentinian generation of 1837, an historical and institutional result of gradual pedagogical work of illustrated people, by wich they will extend political liberty throughout society. Citizenship, as meritocratic scale between local and national government is for Echeverría a solution to the problem of incompatibility between 1821 electoral law and Rio de la Plata's inexperience in representative government. To resolve it, he will propose as well as Francois Guizot, the organization of democracy based on reason's sovereignty, that is, the government of illustrates.

Keywords : Ciudadanía; Capacidad; Razón; Liberalismo; Citizenship; Capacity; Reason; Liberalism.

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