Le socialisme coopratif ou la Jrusalem terrestre de la League for Social Reconstruction, 1932-1942(1)

En raction la crise conomique des annes 1930, des intellectuels canadiens militent activement pour l'tablissement d'une socit meilleure. En janvier 1932 est cre une League for Social Reconstruction visant l'eradication des

Reacting to the economic crisis of the 1930s, some Canadian intellectuals actively campaigned to establish a "better" society. A League for Social Reconstruction was created in January 1932 with the goal to eradicate the calamities of capitalism. In 1934, a second reformist initiative, the Fellowship for a Christian Social Order, was formed. The similarity in tone and ideological roots between these two organizations has been noted but they have never been studied together. This article addresses this need. Through the analysis of a recurring theme, the covenant community, it is shown that these two efforts at reform do not simply complement each other, but that they share a mutual base defining a similar cultural universe of social meaning.