Sammelbandbeitrag

Erschienen in: The future is now : an introduction to prefigurative politics

Herausgeberliste: Monticelli, L.

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2022

Seiten: 119-129

ISBN: 978-1-5292-1565-6

eISBN: 978-1-5292-1567-0

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529215687.ch008

Abstract: 

The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First, it aims to understand the interplay between everyday life and prefiguration. It does this by scrutinizing three key facets of everyday life and discussing which type of everyday practices, and under which circumstances, can be considered prefigurative. Second, it aims to reflect on how people, individually and collectively, try to articulate and respond to challenges posed by the contemporary capitalist system of production, trade, sale and consumption. It does this by focusing on everyday life as a key locus for change. The chapter begins with a critical appraisal of conceptualizing ‘the everyday’. After this general and theoretical discussion, it highlights how contemporary activism politicizes the everyday. Then it uses new food movements to explore the role that more personal forms of engagement can play in shaping people’s political consciousnesses and motivating them to collective action. Finally, the chapter concludes by discussing the potentials and limits of everyday life practices for prefiguring social change.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Forno, F. and Wahlen, S. (2022) Prefiguration in Everyday Practices: When the Mundane Becomes Political, in Monticelli, L. (ed.) The future is now : an introduction to prefigurative politics. Bristol: Bristol University Press, pp. 119-129. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529215687.ch008

APA-Zitierstil: Forno, F., & Wahlen, S. (2022). Prefiguration in Everyday Practices: When the Mundane Becomes Political. In Monticelli, L. (Ed.), The future is now : an introduction to prefigurative politics (pp. 119-129). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529215687.ch008