The democratic foundations of Francisco Pi y Margall's republicanism: natural law, fiduciary government, federalism, and social property

As in other European contexts, the state-building process in Spain during the first half of the nineteenth century culminated in a centralized, monarchical, and Catholic state that institutionalized the dominance of the upper and middle classes. In response, a republican countermovement emerged, aim...

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Autor: Montés Mora, Jaume
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Propietat privada
Republicanisme
Federalisme
Personal property
Republicanism
Federalism
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title The democratic foundations of Francisco Pi y Margall's republicanism: natural law, fiduciary government, federalism, and social property
spellingShingle The democratic foundations of Francisco Pi y Margall's republicanism: natural law, fiduciary government, federalism, and social property
Montés Mora, Jaume
Propietat privada
Republicanisme
Federalisme
Personal property
Republicanism
Federalism
title_short The democratic foundations of Francisco Pi y Margall's republicanism: natural law, fiduciary government, federalism, and social property
title_full The democratic foundations of Francisco Pi y Margall's republicanism: natural law, fiduciary government, federalism, and social property
title_fullStr The democratic foundations of Francisco Pi y Margall's republicanism: natural law, fiduciary government, federalism, and social property
title_full_unstemmed The democratic foundations of Francisco Pi y Margall's republicanism: natural law, fiduciary government, federalism, and social property
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author Montés Mora, Jaume
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Republicanisme
Federalisme
Personal property
Republicanism
Federalism
topic Propietat privada
Republicanisme
Federalisme
Personal property
Republicanism
Federalism
description As in other European contexts, the state-building process in Spain during the first half of the nineteenth century culminated in a centralized, monarchical, and Catholic state that institutionalized the dominance of the upper and middle classes. In response, a republican countermovement emerged, aiming to redirect the liberal revolution toward full democracy. This article analyzes the foundations of this democratic alternative by examining the political thought of one of its most radical leaders, Francisco Pi y Margall. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship on fiduciary relationships, it argues that Pi y Margall's project for a republican transformation of the Spanish state was comprehensively structured by a fiduciary logic of political power and property. The article develops this argument by exploring four core dimensions of his program: the recovery of revolutionary natural law to universalize citizenship; the design of institutions to prevent public agents from exercising power arbitrarily; the federal reorganization of the state and empire through a pact-based model; and the subordination of private property to its social function. In doing so, the article offers a new interpretive framework for Spanish radical republicanism and positions Pi within broader contemporary debates on democracy and the limits of state power.
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