Sobre ideas y acciones políticas: una relación tempestuosa

Abstract

Political Theory can be conceived as a practical tool for public reflection that contributes to political agents and institutions being aware of the tensions and conflicts in their daily work. This practical conception of Political Theory has been neglected frequently by the Academy when it centering this one on the abstract theorizations. The purpose of this essay is to clarify in what sense or senses the relationship between ideas and political actions may be problematic. The arguments are illustrated with two paradigmatic views on politics that envisage the problematic relationships between ideas and political actions: the political ethics proposed by Max Weber and the two ideas of freedom defined by Isaiah Berlin. This essay concludes by reflecting on these relationships in the light of other similar contributions and, in turn, future lines of research are shown.