Simone calls for abandoning prefigurative politics and embracing the messy work of building social infrastructure that makes collective action possible.
Prefiguration at its best isn’t just performative but actively creates the material conditions and social relations needed for systemic change - it’s like planting seeds that eventualy grow into the forest that replaces the concrete.
Prefiguration at its best isn’t just performative but actively creates the material conditions and social relations needed for systemic change - it’s like planting seeds that eventualy grow into the forest that replaces the concrete.
Well, it hasn’t been working so far. The last 30 years of conscious prefigurative politics didn’t achieve much.