{"product_id":"9780253073754-pathways-to-utopia","title":"Pathways to Utopia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime and Transformation in the Landless Workers Movement of Brazil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePathways to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Brazil's Landless Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, or MST), against all odds, has endured for forty years as one of the world's largest social movements - while transforming the way we understand the temporality of activism. Taking his cue from MST members and their generational struggle for land and justice, anthropologist Alex Ungprateeb Flynn reveals how the movement's longevity stems not only from its strong organization and collective vision but also from the productive tensions between established utopian ideals and emerging counter-utopian practices. Perceived by some as a shortcoming, this friction has proven to be a generative force, sparking creative gestures that reimagine social relations and ensuring the MST's adaptability in an ever-changing political landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlynn chronicles the everyday lives of families navigating an extraordinary political reality over a fifteen-year period. At the heart of \u003ci\u003ePathways to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is the realization that activism is not a momentary act but an ongoing, relational practice - one where even the smallest community actions reverberate, reshaping the very structures through which people seek to change the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvocatively written and balancing careful ethnography with key theoretical interventions, the book illuminates the dreams and sacrifices that characterize a life lived as struggle. Unfolding across multiple points of time, \u003ci\u003ePathways to Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story of hope and resilience - one that promises a lasting influence on our twenty-first-century political imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56019965346166,"sku":"9780253073754","price":30.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35594786.jpg?v=1754517277","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780253073754-pathways-to-utopia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}