Abstract. — Neo-ruralism reveals a change in territoriality, that is to say a change in the relations beet ween men and their environment. Work is one of the most important mediators in these relations. It has new become very segmented and unsatisfying as regards man's essentiel needs. Neo- ruralism is thus a proposition for social change which project is linked to autonomy and reinvention of work. Therefore it is an alternative to traditional political and social movements. Founded on the idea of uniting knowledge with practice whereas modernity has dissociated them, it puts forward use value instaed of exchange value. But this pionner's movement is also a product of society itself which is searching for a long term regulation to the struc...