Abstract
The aim of this article is to reflect on the intellectual and political background of the Levellers. First, we will seek to discover to what extent the identification of the Levellers as “millennialist saints” is accurate or whether, on the contrary, it is more appropriate to place them within the category of humanists. Second, we analyze the relationship between the political thought of Levellers and civic republicans. Finally, the Levellers are defined here as a group that posits a modern and inclusive political project, forming what we may call a radical humanist movement.
Highlights
The aim of this article is to reflect on the intellectual and political background of the Levellers
We will seek to discover to what extent the identification of the Levellers as “millennialist saints” is accurate or whether, on the contrary, it is more appropriate to place them within the category of humanists
We analyze the relationship between the political thought of Levellers and civic republicans
Summary
Humanism, radical thought, civic republicanism, political theory. El estudio académico sobre los levellers es un hecho relativamente novedoso y reciente. La defensa leveller de la supremacía y el consentimiento popular[31], así como su crítica al gobierno mixto, supone distanciarse también de una parte del núcleo de la tradición republicano cívica, porque en esta ni las teorías sobre el acuerdo político ni la crítica al gobierno mixto están presentes
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