In 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.
| ISBN: | 9781474451857 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2022 |
| Author: | Mathijs van de Sande |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Taking on the Political |
| Genres: |
Anarchism Political structures: democracy Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action Social and political philosophy Political ideologies and movements |
In 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.
Prefigurative Democracy features in the following genres: Anarchism, Political structures: democracy, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Social and political philosophy, Political ideologies and movements
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Prefigurative Democracy was written by Mathijs van de Sande and published by Edinburgh University Press
Prefigurative Democracy has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Taking on the Political series
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