Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the American Edition vii
4. Preface to the German Edition xiii
5. Introduction “. . . It Is a Revolution” 1
6. Part 1 Maria’s Ménage and the Transience of Heterotopian Praxis
7. Introduction 27
8. 1 The Rules of Praxis 37
9. 2 The Materiality of Praxis 49
10. 3 The Connections Between Practices 64
11. Part 2 Jacobin Knitters and the Tracks of Structuration
12. Introduction 75
13. 4 The Duality of Social Structures 87
14. 5 Recognition and Performative Structuration 99
15. 6 Structures in Three States of Aggregate 113
16. Part 3 Marta’s Invisible Affinity Group and Interstitial Upheavals
17. Introduction 123
18. 7. Disaggregation: Performative Critique and the Laughter of Mimesis 135
19. 8. Constitution: Subcollective Association 146
20. 9. Contamination: Overlaying Structures 159
21. Part 4 The Execution of the Marquise and Metaleptic Paradigm Shifts
22. Introduction 171
23. 10 Paradigm Shifts as a Gradual Replacement of Anchoring Practices 183
24. 11 The Revolutionary Emergence of the Concept of Revolution 195
25. 12 Metaleptic Dynamics 209
26. Conclusion: “The Difficulties of the Plains” and the Revolutionary Tradition 219
27. Notes 229
28. Bibliography 259
29. Index 271