Develops a theory of prefigurative democracy as a way of thinking
critically about contemporary protest movementsIn the wake of
protest movements, such as Occupy Wall Street and the Spanish 15-M,
the past decade has seen an increased interest in prefigurative
politics: the attempt of activists to 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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