Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: Why Council Democracy, Why Now? 1
5. 1. The Historical Councils in Twentieth-Century Europe 21
6. 2. Political Theory of Council Democracy from Bakunin to Luxemburg 44
7. 3. Institutionalising the Instituting Power? Castoriadis and the Councils 73
8. 4. Self-Limitation and Democracy: Lefort’s Model of Council Democracy 99
9. 5. Between Liberal Constitutionalism and Permanent Revolution: Arendt’s Republic of Councils 132
10. 6. The Politics of Form: Council Democracy between Transformatory Politics and Political Form 169
11. Conclusion: Council Democracy and Contemporary Movements of Occupation 193
12. Notes 198
13. Bibliography 203
14. Index 219