Everyday revolutions : horizontalism and autonomy in Argentina / Marina A. Sitrin.
2012
HN263.5 .S57 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Everyday revolutions : horizontalism and autonomy in Argentina / Marina A. Sitrin.
Author
Sitrin, Marina.
ISBN
9781780320496 (pbk.)
1780320493 (pbk.)
9781780320502
1780320507
1780320493 (pbk.)
9781780320502
1780320507
Publication Details
London ; New York : Zed Books, 2012.
Language
English
Description
xv, 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
HN263.5 .S57 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.4840982
Summary
"In the wake of the global financial crisis, new forms of social organization are beginning to take shape. Disparate groups of people are coming together in order to resist corporate globalization and seek a more positive way forward. These movements are not based on hierarchy; rather than looking to those in power to solve their problems, participants are looking to one another. In certain countries in the West, this has been demonstrated by the recent and remarkable rise of the Occupy movement. But in Argentina, such radical transformations have been taking place for years. Everyday Revolutions tells the story of how regular people changed their country and inspired others across the world. Reflecting on new forms of social organization, such as horizontalism and autogestión, as well as alternative conceptions of value and power, Marina Sitrin shows how an economic crisis spurred a people's rebellion; how factory workers and medical clinic technicians are running their workplaces themselves, without bosses; how people have taken over land to build homes, raise livestock, grow crops, and build schools, creating their own art and media in the process. Daring and groundbreaking, Everyday Revolutions serves as an instructive example for activists the world over. It shows how the experiences of the autonomous movements in Argentina can help answer the question of how to turn a rupture into a revolution."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.
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Table of Contents
A brief history of movements and repression in Argentina
From rupture to creation: new movements emerge
Horizontalidad
New subjectivities and affective politics
Power and autonomy: against and beyond the state
Autogestión, territory, and alternative values
The state rises: incorporation, cooptation, and autonomy
Measuring success: affective or contentious politics?.
From rupture to creation: new movements emerge
Horizontalidad
New subjectivities and affective politics
Power and autonomy: against and beyond the state
Autogestión, territory, and alternative values
The state rises: incorporation, cooptation, and autonomy
Measuring success: affective or contentious politics?.