Prefigurative politics
Anticipatory politics, building a new world in the shell of the old etc.
January 13, 2025 — January 13, 2025
communicating
cooperation
culture
economics
mind
wonk
Content warning:
Stuff that I would prefer to have no opinion upon if that were an option. Culture wars.
An interesting piece of movement design is how much to embody the change you wish to see in the world, if you actually wish to see it.
I do not have a grand theory about this; I just need the terminology bookmarked somewhere.
1 Co-designing new institutions
2 Alienating normies
3 Efficiency vs. inclusivity
4 Hierarchy
5 References
Jeffrey, and Dyson. 2021. “Geographies of the Future: Prefigurative Politics.” Progress in Human Geography.
Moreira Fians. 2022. “Prefigurative Politics.” The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology.
Raekstad, and Gradin. 2020. Prefigurative Politics: Building Tomorrow Today.
Swain. 2019. “Not Not but Not yet: Present and Future in Prefigurative Politics.” Political Studies.
Yates. 2015. “Rethinking Prefiguration: Alternatives, Micropolitics and Goals in Social Movements.” Social Movement Studies.