@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00029091, author = {牧, 千夏 and MAKI, Chinatsu}, journal = {JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究}, month = {Mar}, note = {This article examines the significance of the period during which Miyazawa Kenji developed an interest in cooperatives. In the first section, I summarize the discussions that took place in the 1920s and 1930s regarding the purpose of a cooperative. On the one hand, it was decided that the most important purpose of a cooperative was to offer relief to rural regions; the reconciliation of different social classes was also regarded as an important purpose. On the other hand, disagreements emerged when issues such as nationalism and democracy were discussed. Left-leaning political groups agreed that the purpose of a cooperative was to relieve rural regions. They also agreed that farmers should be given the freedom to establish their own cooperative associations. However, the left-leaning political groups opposed the slated reconciliation of different social classes. In the second section, I examine Miyazawa’s thoughts on the cooperative. He believed that the reconciliation of the social classes should be one of the purposes of a cooperative as he opposed class struggles. He also believed that democratic values should shape society. In the third section, I introduce the thoughts of Kagawa Toyohiko and Hiratsuka Raicho. Miyazawa, Kagawa, and Raicho represented different social movements and political ideas. However, they were in agreement about the purposes of a cooperative; they also believed in democratic values.}, pages = {88--100}, title = {産業組合という希望 : 宮沢賢治と賀川豊彦とによる農村の更生}, volume = {9}, year = {2018} }