A utopia no movimento dos trabalhadores sem terra e no movimento dos trabalhadores sem teto: da sociedade vivida à sociedade sonhada

Abstract

The dissertation will deal with utopia as mobilizing the aspirations of the members of the Landless Workers 'Movement and the Homeless Workers' Movement. It will seek to understand what strengthens them to continue in the struggle for the desired society, even in the midst of the many challenges, tensions and conflicts they face. The fundamental objectives of the MST since its inception are the struggle for land and land reform. The MTST, on the other hand, has an urban character, because its claims happen in the city. However, both the MST and the MTST share the same ideas, that is, the building of a more just and fraternal society. In this way, they are driven by revolutionary desires, called utopia. The research questions whether what unites them is only the dream of conquering only a piece of land and having a roof, or whether there is indeed a longing to build an egalitarian society and adhere to the ideals of social change. It will also analyze whether Utopia is a constitutive element of the political action of these social movements. Element that aims to transform the reality of those who have decided to join the MST or the MTST. Thus, it will analyze if utopia is an essential element in social movements if it acts by impelling people to work in the construction of a better world, since it was present in the different historical epochs. Because the revolutionary character is one of the main characteristics of utopia, the individual who joins the MST or MTST criticizes its current status and struggles for changes in the current economic, political and social structures, always aiming to build an improved society. In this way, the purpose of the dissertation is to understand whether it is this "utopian impulse" in both the Landless Workers' Movement and the Homeless Workers Movement that makes them pursue the struggle for a better society.