Instauración del liberalismo en el Ecuador: análisis crítico de la filosofía y política de José Peralta, en contraste al liberalismo clásico europeo

Abstract

The present work theoretically demonstrates the importance of some actors in the history of the establishment of liberalism in Ecuador, the essence of the liberal doctrine, and the importance of understanding the process of establishment and legitimization of liberalism according to the circumstances and conjunctures of the time, in contrast to European classical liberalism. The approach to this issue arises from the frequent problem that the liberal revolution is attributed to the coastal oligarchic revolt of June 5, 1895 and its consummation by Eloy Alfaro Delgado and it is not understood as a social, political and economic process which cemented the bases of the Republic model that we have until today, whose task was undertaken by ideologues diffusers of the liberal doctrine for their legitimation. This research aims to answer the following questions: What are some of the general fundaments of European classical liberalism? What are the liberalism fundaments in José Peralta´s work and its application? What are the similarities and differences between European classical liberalism and Ecuadorian liberalism in José Peralta´s work? The method used to carry out this work was the Analytical-Synthetic Method which is based on the literature review in physical and digital books in different virtual repositories as well as scientific journals, which allowed us respond the proposed objectives. The conclusions achieved from this research work show that Ecuadorian liberalism, despite being inspired by the European classical vision, is authentic because of the attitude employed by the promoters of this social process of which we are inheritors.