Conflicting Voices. The Concepts of Democracy in the Perú (1790-1870)

Abstract

The present work is an attempt to track the mobility of the concept Democracy in the Peru between 1790 and 1870. This mobility is understood from the point of view of the semantic extension of the word along the period studied. It aims to help to understand the contextual stages of the Peru in this period linking it with the meanings that Democracy was purchasing. At the same time this article put the voice Democracy in relation with the distinct subjects that the same includes: popular sovereignty, popular suffrage, equality, freedom, education, amongst others. The text tries to cover an important period of political transformations through one of the concepts that contains an important polysemy, because the increasing of his meanings can show some modifications of the word but also some continuities that have to be valued. Democracy is a concept that transforms constantly but that at the same time keeps some roots anchored in the past depending of the actors that defend it. This allows us to approach the political and social reality of the Peru in the remarked decades.