{"product_id":"prefigurative-politics-building-tomorrow-today-paperback-softback-9781509535910","title":"Prefigurative Politics; Building Tomorrow Today (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509535910","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrefigurative Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBuilding Tomorrow Today\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Raekstad (Author), Sofa Saio Gradin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509535910, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e�\u003ci\u003ePrefigurative Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone who is serious about building a new world in the shell of the old. Concise, clear, and powerful, Raekstad and Gradin�s work illuminates histories of prefiguration and charts a course forward.�\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Bray, Dartmouth College, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e�The left often struggles with an internal contradiction between (a) implementing strategies and tactics to undo its opponents, and (b) advocating for an alternative social structure. Raekstad and Gradin embrace this contradiction and consider how best to mutually reinforce both components of a broad left strategy. Here is productive strategic thinking among advocates of basic social change.�\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard D. Wolff, University of Massachusetts, Amherst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e�A wonderful and timely contribution to the growing literature on (socialist) activist strategy. Both authors draw extensively on their own experiences with activism and their academic research... Everyone interested in left-activism or simply longing for a better future should read \u003ci\u003ePrefigurative Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.�\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarx and Philosophy Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany 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'. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFed 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'. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2  What Prefigurative Politics Is and Is Not\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3  Praxis and Social Change\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4  Decision-Making in Large-Scale Organisations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5  The Personal is Political\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6  Prefigurative Politics and the State\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7  Radical Prefigurativism, Not Liberal Individualism\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8  Conclusion: Now. Here. 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