Prefigurative Democracy

Protest, Social Movements and the Political Institution of Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Av Mathijs van de Sande, Radboud University Nijmegen) van de Sande, Mathijs (Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Mathijs Van de Sande, Mathijs van de Sande

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Introduces the key aspects of a theoretical debate on prefigurative politics and contemporary protest movementsDevelops a theory of prefigurative democracy as a way of thinking critically about contemporary protest movementsEngages with the work of various radical political theorists, such as Arendt, Laclau and Mouffe and (post-)anarchist theoryCombines an analysis of activist practices with both state-of-the-art and canonical radical theoryIn the wake of protest movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the Spanish 15-M movement, the past decade has seen an increased interest in prefigurative politics: the attempt of activists to already realise or embody their ideal of a future society within their own movements and practices. Engaging with the concept and its history, this book establishes a radical-democratic theory of prefiguration. Van de Sande builds on the work of political theorists as diverse as Hannah Arendt, Ernesto Laclau, Claude Lefort, Rosa Luxemburg, and Judith Butler to reveal the radical and representative role of protest and social movements today. He gives various accounts of how prefigurative practices and movements may continue to have political relevance long after they have ended.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-12-13
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt472 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTaking on the Political
Antal sidor224
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474451857

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AcknowledgementsIntroduction: ‘It’s Prefigurative, So to Speak.’Chapter One: A New Society In the Shell of the Old.Chapter Two: Beginnings Without Ends.Chapter Three: From The Assembly to Council Democracy: Towards a Prefigurative Form of Government?Chapter Four: Embodiment: Prefiguration and Synecdochal Representation.Chapter Five: Sedimentation and Crystallisation: Two Metaphors for Political Change.Conclusion: What is Prefigurative Democracy?Bibliography