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Rousseau, Locke oder Marsilius? Die ideengeschichtlichen Wurzeln des Prinzips der Volkssouveränität

Storia e politica (Online), 2023-04, Vol.1, p.34-61 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

EISSN: 2037-0520

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  • Title:
    Rousseau, Locke oder Marsilius? Die ideengeschichtlichen Wurzeln des Prinzips der Volkssouveränität
  • Author: Manuel Knoll
  • Subjects: democracy ; legislation ; participation ; representation ; supreme power
  • Is Part Of: Storia e politica (Online), 2023-04, Vol.1, p.34-61
  • Description: According to the prevailing opinion, the classical formulation of the principle of the sovereignty of the people is found in Rousseau. Against that view, this article argues that Marsilius of Padua and Locke should be regarded as earlier pioneers and important forerunners of this principle. To demonstrate this thesis, the paper examines Marsilius’s conception of the “human legislator” and Locke’s ideas on legislation, representation, and on the limitation of the legislative power. Though Locke excludes the majority of the people from the right to be represented in the legislative power, his concept of this “supreme power” is progressive compared to the conceptions of “sovereignty” found in Bodin and Hobbes. Even for Rousseau, women are still excluded from the sovereignty of the people. This is a strong argument to include Locke and Marsilius in the history of the idea of the sovereignty of the people.
  • Publisher: Editoriale scientifica
  • Language: German
  • Identifier: EISSN: 2037-0520
  • Source: Directory of Open Access Journals
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