Intellectuals and Militants: Possibilities of Dialogue

Intellectuals and Militants: Possibilities of Dialogue

Maria Ignez S. Paulilo

The purpose of this article is to explain the concept of Nature that founds the ideas andactions of the Peasant Women’s Movement, and to reflect on the possibilities of dialogue betweenmilitants and intellectuals. For this it must take into account that, while academic feminism isstrongly influenced by the deconstructionist lines of thought, farming women sustain the idea,based on a deeply religious vision, of a natural identification between women and Nature. Inpointing out possibilities for dialogue, the paper underlines the importance of lines of thoughtconnected with the sociology of comprehension.

2010

Agricultura Familiar, Feminismo, Gênero, Movimento de mulheres agricultoras

Revista Estudos Feministas

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Women. Feminism