Burke y las herencias de la constitución

• Autores: Andrés Alonso Martos
• Localización: Araucaria: Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política, Humanidades y Relaciones Internacionales, ISSN 1575-6823, ISSN-e 2340-2199, Vol. 28, Nº 62, 2026 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Burke / El Federalista / El nacimiento de una potencia mundial / Panorama heroico del viajero moderno), págs. 123-140
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.12795/araucaria.2026.i62.07
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Burke and the legacies of the constitution
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  • español

    Este artículo estudia la obra de Edmund Burke Reflexiones sobre la Revolución en Francia (1790) a la luz del debate sobre la difícil convergencia entre sus principios liberales y conservadores. Este debate se analiza desde la continuidad de sus posiciones teóricas y políticas, que se consignará en la siguiente pregunta: ¿cómo puede una revolución cristalizarse adecuadamente en una constitución? Tomando como marco su comparación entre la Revolución inglesa de 1688 y la francesa de 1789, se intentará responder a esa cuestión mediante una elucidación acerca de cómo se constituye para Burke la acumulación y la herencia de un conocimiento constitucional a través de las generaciones, frente al racionalismo abstracto revolucionario, que busca comenzar siempre de nuevo. Para ello se prestará atención a conceptos como la certeza, la prudencia y la experiencia. Mediante este análisis se pretende identificar, antes que sus elementos propiamente doctrinales, las principales características metodológicas del liberalismo de Burke.

  • English

    This article examines Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) against the backdrop of the debate on the problematic convergence of his liberal and conservative principles. This debate is addressed through the continuity of Burke’s theoretical and political positions, as they are expressed in the following question: How can a revolution properly crystallize into a constitution? Drawing on Burke’s comparison between the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the French Revolution of 1789, the article seeks to answer this question by elucidating Burke’s account of the accumulation and inheritance of constitutional knowledge across generations, as opposed to the abstract rationalism of revolutionary thought, which constantly seeks to begin anew. Emphasis shall be put therefore on concepts such as certainty, prudence, and experience. Through this analysis, the article aims to identify, prior to its strictly doctrinal tenets, some of the principal methodological features of Burke’s liberalism.

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