The Republic as a historical problema

Abstract

The republic that was born as an ideal form of political regime in Greece with Plato and had its later development with Cicero in Rome, has had a diverse reception in pluralistic world experiences, so in America there were two extreme readings of this concept one in EE.UU. and the other in South America, in our midst the idea is nationalized with autocratic forms from its origin. Peru has not completed a historical evaluation, which goes beyond the versions of political science that associate it in many cases with militarism by creating Cesarist republicicas, lacking democratic practices and weak legal institutions. At the origin of independence there was a doctrinal debate that faced two versions on the desired governance, however, after the establishment of the Republic (1822) there was a long transition that led to crisis, disgovernment and anarchy that the republic could not contain or foresee. Despite its dense Constitutions that reaffirmed themselves republican. In recent years a growing academic interest in the subject shows that this historical assessment has not been completed in Peru.