Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction ‘It’s prefigurative, so to speak’ 1
5. Chapter 1 A New Society in the Shell of the Old 19
6. Chapter 2 Beginnings Without Ends 47
7. Chapter 3 From the Assembly to Council Democracy: Towards a Prefigurative Form of Government? 74
8. Chapter 4 Embodiment: Prefiguration and Synecdochal Representation 101
9. Chapter 5 Sedimentation and Crystallisation: Two Metaphors for Political Change 130
10. Conclusion: What Is Prefigurative Democracy? 154
11. Notes 166
12. Bibliography 170
13. Index 194