Karriem, Abdurazack
Space, Ecology, and Politics in the Praxis of the Brazilian Landless Movement
This chapter commences by outlining the theoretical considerations focusing on how politics, space, and nature congeal in Antonio Gramsci's philosophy of praxis. It then proceeds to analyze the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST)'s early history and illustrates how space and politics manifest themselves in struggles for land and a popular project of social transformation. Subsequently, it investigates the factors that shaped the transition to agroecology, arguing that agroecological experiences at the land reform settlement scale were key in informing the movement's political ecological praxis. The chapter then evaluates MST mobilizations that contest corporate control over seeds. Finally, the chapter summarizes the key arguments discussed, reflects on the difference Gramscian reading makes on the understanding of the MST, and briefly appraises how the MST's praxis pushes the reader to rethink Gramsci in the contemporary conjuncture.
| Language | eng |
| Names |
[autore] Karriem, Abdurazack |
| Subjects |
Ecologia
Movimenti Sociali Filosofia della praxis
Ecology
Social Movement Philosophy of Praxis |
