根本 敬

この論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました。This paper discusses features of the acceptance of Socialism by Burmese nationalists during the 1930s, by looking especially into the ideological formation of the Doubama Asiayoun (D. A. : We Burmans Society). The D. A.'s ideological basis for the acceptance of Socialism can be seen in the ideological features of the group's early years, which can be characterized as Burman-centrist. To understand concretely the features of the fusion of this Burman-centrism and Socialism, the term "Koumin-Kouhkyin" is discussed in depth. The term was used from 1933 by the D. A. to symbolize Burman-centrism; but after 1937,its meaning and usage changed radically. It came to symbolize the fusion of the ideology of Burman-centrism and Socialism. Concretely, "Koumin-Kouhkyin" began to function as a symbol of the D. A.'s assertion of complete independence, anticapitalism, anti-imperialism, nationalization of private enterprises, equal distribution of wealth, and the formation of a government for peasants and laborers. However, it is clear that there existed little theoretical understanding of Socialism behind this assertion.