The paper intends to explore some of the theoretical issues surrounding the notion of rural social movements and its difference with the collective actions produced by the mechanism of governance. It offers a critical examination of the debate on what have been called “new” social movements, drawing on both the theory developed by Alain Touraine and Alberto Melucci, and the analytical framework on Multitude developed by Michael Hart and Antonio Negri. The aim of the paper will be to demonstrate that these collective practices redefine forms and contents of social interactions, constituting a time/space of a different social existence: a laboratory of innovation able of giving rise to commons, in terms of both social relations and material goods. The attempt of the paper will be to demonstrate that these new forms of antagonistic collective actions constitute in itself new politics of liberation.
The ‘Rural Movements’
VITALE, Annamaria
2009-01-01
Abstract
The paper intends to explore some of the theoretical issues surrounding the notion of rural social movements and its difference with the collective actions produced by the mechanism of governance. It offers a critical examination of the debate on what have been called “new” social movements, drawing on both the theory developed by Alain Touraine and Alberto Melucci, and the analytical framework on Multitude developed by Michael Hart and Antonio Negri. The aim of the paper will be to demonstrate that these collective practices redefine forms and contents of social interactions, constituting a time/space of a different social existence: a laboratory of innovation able of giving rise to commons, in terms of both social relations and material goods. The attempt of the paper will be to demonstrate that these new forms of antagonistic collective actions constitute in itself new politics of liberation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
