2004 年 40 巻 p. 111-120
This paper deals with the process of the formation of the Subject in the popular movement in 1970s and 80s, focusing on the Catholic Church's role. This study analyses the process of the establishment of CEDEP (Culture and Development Center of Paranoa) in Brasilia, using interviews with the various people concerned.
As a result of the analysis, four things are clarified. First, the youth had no self-consiousness as subjects of social reform before the youth group was organized by the priest. Second, the Catholic Church's role was an autonomous bridge between the people and the popular movement. Through the activity of the group organized by the priest, the people's consciousnesses were sharpened and the people developed democratic popular movement. Third, both the people and the priest regarded negotiations with the government as surpassing the framework of activities of the Church. The people's autonomy within the movement, which was directed against the Church, was not a one-way insistence. Fourth, there is a difference of the cognizance concerning social problems between the people and the priest.