Contents
4 1 Introduction (a) Prefigurative Politics Before It Was Named (b) The Term and the Idea (c) About This Book (d) The Chapters of the Book Notes
5 2 What Prefigurative Politics Is and Is Not (a) Prefigurative Politics Gains its Current Meaning (b) Prefigurative Politics as Organisational Structure (c) A Broader Conception (d) Is Everything Prefigurative? Notes
6 3 Praxis and Social Change (a) Powers (b) Drives (c) Consciousness (d) Praxis and Social Change Notes
7 4 Decision-Making in Large-Scale Organisations (a) Federalism in the First International and Beyond (b) The Arguments for Formal Prefigurative Decision-Making Structures (i) Empowerment (ii) The Drive to Change (iii) Consciousness-Raising (c) The Necessity of Hierarchy? (d) Political Organisation and Seeking State Power (e) Defence (f) The Formal and the Informal Notes
8 5 The Personal is Political (a) The Personal/Political Distinction (b) Addressing Informal Hierarchies and Inequalities (c) Reason and Emotions (d) Intersectionality Notes
9 6 Prefigurative Politics and the State (a) State Power Neither Sufficient Nor Necessary (b) The Praxis of the State (c) State Power and Building a New Society (d) Nationalisation and Dictatorship (e) 21st Century Socialism (f) Democratic Confederalism Notes
10 7 Radical Prefigurativism, Not Liberal Individualism (a) Prefigurative Politics as Naive (b) Prefigurative Politics as Insular (c) Prefigurative Politics as Divisive Notes
11 8 Conclusion: Now. Here. You.
12 Bibliography
13 Index
Guide
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