Prefigurative Politics. Paul Raekstad

      1  Title page

      2  Copyright page

      3  Acknowledgements

      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

      14  End User License Agreement

      1  Cover

      2  Contents

      3  1 Introduction

      1  iii

      2  iv

      3  vi

      4  vii

      5  1

      6  2

      7  3

      8  4