ウィリアム・コベットの「急進」主義 : とくに農業労働者の社会的抗議を中心として

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The aim of this paper is to elucidate the significance and the limit of thought of William Cobbett, analyzing his attitude to "Swing Riot (1830)". The primary character of his thought is the conservatism colored by radicalism, in other words conservatism influenced considerably to his radicalism and activities, namely as E.P. Thompson indicated, "he accepted a social structure in which the landowner, the good tenant, the petty land-holder, and the labourer all had their part" in the agricultural community. Moreover, it doesn't mean that he critisized the primitive accumulation of capital. It is contrary. While his radicalism admitted it, he felt sympathy for distresses of agricultural labourer. Therefore, we can say that in his ideas on "Swing Riot" many inconsistencies were remained. Because he asserted agricultural labourer should make common cause with agricultural farmer in "Swing Riot". W. Cobbett couldn't understand the opposing position between capital and labour. But the reason he was known as a famous radicalist is in his assertion of the rights of members in civil society. We can find it in his ideas on poor law, game law, etc.
政治経済学・経済史学会の論文
1982-01-20