แนวความคิดเรื่อง “ราษฎร” ของปรีดี พนมยงค์

Abstract

Pridi Banomyong uses the word "Ratsadorn" (people), which means "Siamese citizens under the government" (there are others word such as prachachon, ponlamoerng) as a core word for Siamese revolution. His new meaning of the word "Ratsadorn" pictures human nature as good even though external factors make a person bad. If a man has a good environment, it will be conducive to good. That man is naturally good and reasonable in accordance with the new principles of human rights - Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. These characteristics have created a new human that is the core of a new government. So Pridi uses the term "Ratsadorn" in the new regime with the objective of creating a new people power. In addition, he uses this term significantly as a tool of political struggle.