FROM PRACTICE TO THEORY: REFLECTIONS ON THE ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND POPULAR STRUGGLES

Autor: Maria Ceci Misoczky, Rafael Kruter Flores
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Zdroj: REAd, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 18-48 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1413-2311
DOI: 10.1590/1413-2311.277.92288
Popis: ABSTRACT This paper argues for an explicit materialist ontology to study social movements and popular struggles that oppose and confront the capitalist social order. Taking into consideration that differences between theories or theoretical systems should be discussed at the ontological dimension, not merely at the epistemological, empirical or logic-formal, we address the differences between the conventional set of Social Movement Theories, the post-Marxist approach, and an alternative approach that dialogues with those engaged in contemporary struggles, through the ontology of social being formulated by György Lukács. These constitute the first part of this paper, which aims to present our ontological, theoretical and methodological positions. In the second part, we offer some theoretical reflection on the themes provided by the activists in their actions and debates, in dialogue with propositions from intellectuals who engaged with social movements and/or oriented their work to oppose the system of capital.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals