The Future Is Now An Introduction To Prefigurative Politics

Author : Lara Monticelli
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529215687

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The gloomy prospect of climate change and ecosystems' collapse calls for an urgent rethinking of all aspects of our life: how we work, produce, eat, spend, take care of each other, relate to nature, and organize our societies. Prefigurative initiatives are attracting a growing amount of attention from scholars and activists precisely because they are envisioning alternative futures by embodying radically different ways of living in the present. Thanks to the contribution of leading researchers, 'The Future is Now' represents the go-to book for anyone seeking a comprehensive, state-of-the-art, and thought-provoking introduction to the thriving field of prefigurative politics.

Author : Eleonora Gea Piccardi
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529215656

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The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics by Eleonora Gea Piccardi Pdf

This edited collection analyses the unique characteristics of urban gardens, worker-owned coops, ecological communities, occupied factories and other social movements in order to rethink our economies and societies.

Author : Lara Monticelli
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529215663

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The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics by Lara Monticelli Pdf

This edited collection analyses the unique characteristics of urban gardens, worker-owned coops, ecological communities, occupied factories and other social movements to demonstrate what we can learn from them in order to rethink our economies and societies.

Author : Ester Barinaga Martín
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529225396

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Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future by Ester Barinaga Martín Pdf

EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Money is central to capitalism and to our many sustainability crises. Could we remake money so as to advance sustainable economies and fair societies? A growing number of scholars, politicians and activists think we can, and they are doing it from the bottom up. This book examines how grassroots groups, municipalities and radical crypto-entrepreneurs are remaking money by designing and organising complementary currencies. It argues that in their novel ideas and governance practices lie the key for building green and inclusive economies. Engaging imaginatively with the future of money, this accessible book will appeal to anyone interested in constructing a more sustainable and just world.

Author : Paul Raekstad,Sofa Saio Gradin
Publisher : Polity
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1509535918

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Prefigurative Politics by Paul Raekstad,Sofa Saio Gradin Pdf

Many of us wonder what we could possibly do to end oppression, exploitation, and injustice. People have studied revolutions and protest movements for centuries, but few have focused on prefigurative politics, the idea of 'building the new society within the shell of the old'. Fed up with capitalism? Get organised and build the institutions of the future in radical unions and local communities. Tired of politicians stalling on climate change? Set up an alternative energy collective. Ready to smash racism and the patriarchy? Root them out in all areas of our lives, not just in 'high politics'. This is the first book dedicated to prefigurative politics, explaining its history and examining the various debates surrounding it. How can collective decision-making be inclusive? In what ways are movements intersectional? Can prefigurative organisations scale up? It is a must-read for students of radical politics, anarchism, and social movements, as well as activists and concerned citizens everywhere.

Author : Paul Raekstad,Sofa Saio Gradin
Publisher : Polity
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 150953590X

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Prefigurative Politics by Paul Raekstad,Sofa Saio Gradin Pdf

Many of us wonder what we could possibly do to end oppression, exploitation, and injustice. People have studied revolutions and protest movements for centuries, but few have focused on prefigurative politics, the idea of 'building the new society within the shell of the old'. Fed up with capitalism? Get organised and build the institutions of the future in radical unions and local communities. Tired of politicians stalling on climate change? Set up an alternative energy collective. Ready to smash racism and the patriarchy? Root them out in all areas of our lives, not just in 'high politics'. This is the first book dedicated to prefigurative politics, explaining its history and examining the various debates surrounding it. How can collective decision-making be inclusive? In what ways are movements intersectional? Can prefigurative organisations scale up? It is a must-read for students of radical politics, anarchism, and social movements, as well as activists and concerned citizens everywhere.

Author : Jussi Parikka
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745661391

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What is Media Archaeology? by Jussi Parikka Pdf

This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic methodology used to excavate current media through its past. Written with a steampunk attitude, What is Media Archaeology? examines the theoretical challenges of studying digital culture and memory and opens up the sedimented layers of contemporary media culture. The author contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates including software studies, German media theory, imaginary media research, new materialism and digital humanities. What is Media Archaeology? advances an innovative theoretical position while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media.

Author : Charles W. Kegley Jr.,Gregory A. Raymond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0495570273

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The Global Future by Charles W. Kegley Jr.,Gregory A. Raymond Pdf

Author : Nick Srnicek,Alex Williams
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784780982

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Inventing the Future by Nick Srnicek,Alex Williams Pdf

A major new manifesto for the end of capitalism Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite. Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms. This new edition includes a new chapter where they respond to their various critics.

Author : Chris Dixon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520958845

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Another Politics by Chris Dixon Pdf

Amidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a "new spirit of radicalism is blooming" from New York to Cairo, according to Chris Dixon. In Another Politics, he examines the trajectory of efforts that contributed to the radicalism of Occupy Wall Street and other recent movement upsurges. Drawing on voices of leading organizers across the United States and Canada, he delivers an engaging presentation of the histories and principles that shape many contemporary struggles. Dixon outlines the work of activists aligned with anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and anti-oppression politics and discusses the lessons they are learning in their efforts to create social transformation. The book explores solutions to the key challenge for today’s activists, organizers, fighters, and dreamers: building a substantive link between the work of "against," which fights ruling institutions, and the work of "beyond," which develops liberatory alternatives.

Author : Eva von Redecker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231552547

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Praxis and Revolution by Eva von Redecker Pdf

The concept of revolution marks the ultimate horizon of modern politics. It is instantiated by sites of both hope and horror. Within progressive thought, “revolution” often perpetuates entrenched philosophical problems: a teleological philosophy of history, economic reductionism, and normative paternalism. At a time of resurgent uprisings, how can revolution be reconceptualized to grasp the dynamics of social transformation and disentangle revolutionary practice from authoritarian usurpation? Eva von Redecker reconsiders critical theory’s understanding of radical change in order to offer a bold new account of how revolution occurs. She argues that revolutions are not singular events but extended processes: beginning from the interstices of society, they succeed by gradually rearticulating social structures toward a new paradigm. Developing a theoretical account of social transformation, Praxis and Revolution incorporates a wide range of insights, from the Frankfurt School to queer theory and intersectionality. Its revised materialism furnishes prefigurative politics with their social conditions and performative critique with its collective force. Von Redecker revisits the French Revolution to show how change arises from struggle in everyday social practice. She illustrates the argument through rich literary examples—a ménage à trois inside a prison, a radical knitting circle, a queer affinity group, and petitioners pleading with the executioner—that forge a feminist, open-ended model of revolution. Praxis and Revolution urges readers not only to understand revolutions differently but also to situate them elsewhere: in collective contexts that aim to storm manifold Bastilles—but from within.

Author : Katrina Forrester,Sophie Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107199286

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Nature, Action and the Future by Katrina Forrester,Sophie Smith Pdf

Leading scholars of political thought demonstrate how the history of political ideas makes sense of environmental politics and climate change.

Author : Kathi Weeks
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822351122

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The Problem with Work by Kathi Weeks Pdf

The Problem with Work develops a Marxist feminist critique of the structures and ethics of work, as well as a perspective for imagining a life no longer subordinated to them.

Author : Della Porta, Donatella,O'Connor, Francis,Martín Portos,Anna Subirats Ribas
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447333418

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Social Movements and Referendums from Below by Della Porta, Donatella,O'Connor, Francis,Martín Portos,Anna Subirats Ribas Pdf

In recent years, social movements on the left have increasingly begun to make themselves felt in referendums. This has been seen throughout Europe: in votes regarding independence in Scotland and Catalonia, on water rights in Italy, on debt repayment in Iceland, and on the financial proposals of the troika in Greece. This book presents case studies of those referendums and more to analyze the ways that social movements formed in the wake of the 2008 crash have affected referendums' development and outcomes. Looking at general issues of democracy, as well as the political effects of neoliberalism, this book is ideally suited to help us understand some of the issues around Brexit and will be read by a wide audience interested in social movements, referendums, and democratic innovation.

Author : Tom Goyens
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780252099595

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Radical Gotham by Tom Goyens Pdf

New York City's identity as a cultural and artistic center, as a point of arrival for millions of immigrants sympathetic to anarchist ideas, and as a hub of capitalism made the city a unique and dynamic terrain for anarchist activity. For 150 years, Gotham's cosmopolitan setting created a unique interplay between anarchism's human actors and an urban space that invites constant reinvention. Tom Goyens gathers essays that demonstrate anarchism's endurance as a political and cultural ideology and movement in New York from the 1870s to 2011. The authors cover the gamut of anarchy's emergence in and connection to the city. Some offer important new insights on German, Yiddish, Italian, and Spanish-speaking anarchists. Others explore anarchism's influence on religion, politics, and the visual and performing arts. A concluding essay looks at Occupy Wall Street's roots in New York City's anarchist tradition. Contributors: Allan Antliff, Marcella Bencivenni, Caitlin Casey, Christopher J. Castañeda, Andrew Cornell, Heather Gautney, Tom Goyens, Anne Klejment, Alan W. Moore, Erin Wallace, and Kenyon Zimmer.