Theoretical bases for understanding the agrarian question: brief considerations

Authors

  • Rosemeire Aparecida Almeida Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Eliane Tomiasi Paulino Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2000v9n2p113

Keywords:

Classical theoreticians, Agrarian question, Land income, Agriculture modernization, Rural movements.

Abstract

This text is related to the analysis of the Brazilian agrarian question based on its historical restrictions, emphasizing the movements of resistance and struggle for the land. The theoretical background of this analysis is obtained from the recovery of works by two classical authors -Kark Kautsky and Alexander V. Chayanov, as well as two Brazilian contemporary authors - Caio Prado Júnior and Jose de Souza Martins. The criteria for choosing both the classical and the Brazilian authors as well as their works, were defined based on the divergent interpretations about the agrarian question and the countrymen’s political role within the capitalist way of production. The recovered interpretations intend to reach an understanding not only of the relations underlyng the agrarian conflicts but also of the evolution of the agriculture modernization, favouring the analysis of the new ways of struggle, undertaken by the rural movements.

Author Biographies

Rosemeire Aparecida Almeida, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul

Professora Assistente do Departamento de Ciências Humanas da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - Campus de Três Lagoas

Eliane Tomiasi Paulino, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Professora Assistente do Departamento de Geociências da Universidade Estadual de Londrina

How to Cite

Almeida, R. A., & Paulino, E. T. (2011). Theoretical bases for understanding the agrarian question: brief considerations. GEOGRAFIA (Londrina), 9(2), 113–127. https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2000v9n2p113

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