GRATITUDE, GIFTS, AND EMOTIONS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE LAND OF A RURAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT

PENA, MARIELA; SEBASTIÁN FUENTES; ALEJANDRA NARANJO

Gratitude as Social Practice

Fundación IHA

Año: 2019; p. 66 - 93

Thiswork explores the praxis of gratitude category in different spheres ofpolitical action A promising approach to the subjective motives and tothe affective nature that, as has already been revealed by social sciences,through the so called affective turn, conform behaviors related topolitical life ( 2004Specifically,this study is proposed as a theoretical reflection anchored ina concrete empirical case It takes as a reference the Rural Movement ofSantiago del Estero Vía Campesina (MOCASE VC), a social movement inthe north central region of Argentina, consisting of rural marginalizedpeople, which by now has a 28 year history of political life Thisorganization, which initially aimed to act as a trade union and to offerlegal advice regarding conflicts with business sectors on land possessionand ownership, later became a social movement as a response tocontemporary capitalism?s way of life