Palabras clave
James Madison
políticos
poder político
liderazgo político
naturaleza humana
cambio social
economía política.
Resumen
El presente artículo persigue dos fines: esclarecer el sentido de lo que, para Madison, implicaba ser un «político práctico» opuesto a los delirios racionalistas del «legislador filosófico» y profundizar en el significado moral e histórico de su pensamiento político. El Madison que aquí nos interesa es el Madison que no solo escribió algunos de los artículos fundamentales de El Federalista, sino, también, el que participó, junto con Jefferson, en una campaña política y periodística contra el proyecto de gobierno y sociedad del Hamilton secretario del Tesoro. Este Madison antihamiltoniano tomó conciencia de que el temor a una facción mayoritaria, dominante en El Federalista, debía conjugarse con el temor a una tiranía elitista basada en la oscura alianza entre el poder político y los poderes económicos.
Keywords
James Madison; politicians; political power; political leadership; social change; political economy.
Abstract
This article has two objectives: first, to clarify the meaning of Madison’s concept of “ordinary politician” as opposed to the rationalist delusions of a “philosophical
legislator”; and second, to analyze the moral and historical meaning of his political thought. The paper focuses on Madison the person, who not only wrote some of the fundamental articles of The Federalist, but also as someone who participated with Jefferson in a political and media campaign against Treasury Secretary Hamilton’s idea of government and society. This anti-Hamilton Madison became aware that the fear of a majority faction — dominant in The Federalist — should be combined with distrust of an elitist tyranny based on a shadowy alliance between political and economic powers.
legislator”; and second, to analyze the moral and historical meaning of his political thought. The paper focuses on Madison the person, who not only wrote some of the fundamental articles of The Federalist, but also as someone who participated with Jefferson in a political and media campaign against Treasury Secretary Hamilton’s idea of government and society. This anti-Hamilton Madison became aware that the fear of a majority faction — dominant in The Federalist — should be combined with distrust of an elitist tyranny based on a shadowy alliance between political and economic powers.