Mathijs Van De Sande
Biographic Data
| ID | 1683903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathijs Van De Sande |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathijs |
| FAMILY NAME | Van De Sande |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DE SANDE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4811-2178 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Extra/Ordinary moments
From the Paris Commune of 1871 to the ‘assembly movements’ of the past decade: what these movements and uprisings had in common is their investment in changing the everyday lives of their own participants. But critics argue that, precisely for this reason, they often failed to realise any structural change in the long term. This article proposes an approach to these revolutionary experiences that defies their assessment in instrumentalist terms s…
Le communalisme comme répertoire démocratique
Qu’est-ce que le « communalisme » et comment peut-il être compris comme un projet politique original ? Murray Bookchin est sans doute le défenseur le plus connu de ce projet au cours des dernières décennies. Partiellement inspiré par les expériences de la Commune de Paris de 1871, dont il a tiré l’expression « communalisme », Bookchin le présente comme une idéologie politique cohérente qui englobe « les composantes philosophiques, historiqu…
Towards an ecological understanding of revolution
In the wake of the assembly movements that emerged from 2011 onwards, a lively academic and activist debate developed around the question of organization. Various political theorists have proposed an 'ecological' approach to social movements, which allows us to perceive them as contingent combinations between various activist repertoires and organizational forms. Rather than prioritizing either a 'horizontalist' or 'verticalist' logic of organiza…
Beyond Dual Power
In the wake of ‘assembly movements’ such as Occupy Wall Street, the concept of ‘prefiguration’ has received increased attention in radical political theory. What remains undertheorised, however, is the manner and the extent to which prefiguration often implies a territorial claim as a way to secede from existing power relations and institutions. This article seeks to establish this relation between prefiguration and the appropriation of space. It…
Prefigurative Democracy
In the wake of protest movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the Spanish 15-M movement, the past decade has seen an increased interest in prefigurative politics: the attempt of activists to already realise or embody their ideal of a future society within their own organisational structures or political practices. This book reconstructs the history of prefiguration as an idea and concept, focusing on its place and meaning in anarchist practices…
Prefigurative Democracy
Introduces the key aspects of a theoretical debate on prefigurative politics and contemporary protest movements Develops a theory of prefigurative democracy as a way of thinking critically about contemporary protest movements Engages with the work of various radical political theorists, such as Arendt, Laclau and Mouffe and (post-)anarchist theory Combines an analysis of activist practices with both state-of-the-art and canonical radical theory I…
They don't represent us? Synecdochal representation and the politics of occupy movements
The aim of this article is to better understand the function and place of representation in the politics of occupy movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the Spanish 15-M movement. It is often assumed that these movements categorically dismissed any form of political representation, as they criticised representative democracy in its current state and instead experimented with alternative forms of organisation and decision-making. My claim, howe…
Contemporary Poetry Archive
The Constructivist Turn in Political Representation
This is the first edited volume to provide a comprehensive introduction and a critical exploration of the constructivist turn in political representation. Divided into three thematic parts, the 13 newly commissioned essays presented here develop constructivist turn as a central concept advancing the insight that there can be no democratic politics without representation because constituencies, or groups, exist as agents of democratic politics onl…
Constructivist Turn in Political Representation
Fighting with Tools
This article conceptualizes some of the political practices and discourses that characterize recent protest movements such as Occupy and the Indignados. These movements’ strategies are distinguished by the central role they give to the occupation and recomposition of public spaces and also by their refusal to engage with 10 representative politics and public institutions. Critics argue that this so-called strategy of withdrawal illustrates a cate…
The Prefigurative Politics of Tahrir Square–An Alternative Perspective on the 2011 Revolutions
The Prefigurative Politics of Tahrir Square–An Alternative Perspective on the 2011 Revolutions
Fighting with Tools
This article conceptualizes some of the political practices and discourses that characterize recent protest movements such as Occupy and the Indignados. These movements’ strategies are distinguished by the central role they give to the occupation and recomposition of public spaces and also by their refusal to engage with 10 representative politics and public institutions. Critics argue that this so-called strategy of withdrawal illustrates a cate…
They don't represent us? Synecdochal representation and the politics of occupy movements
The aim of this article is to better understand the function and place of representation in the politics of occupy movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the Spanish 15-M movement. It is often assumed that these movements categorically dismissed any form of political representation, as they criticised representative democracy in its current state and instead experimented with alternative forms of organisation and decision-making. My claim, howe…
Towards an ecological understanding of revolution
In the wake of the assembly movements that emerged from 2011 onwards, a lively academic and activist debate developed around the question of organization. Various political theorists have proposed an 'ecological' approach to social movements, which allows us to perceive them as contingent combinations between various activist repertoires and organizational forms. Rather than prioritizing either a 'horizontalist' or 'verticalist' logic of organiza…
The Prefigurative Politics of Tahrir Square–An Alternative Perspective on the 2011 Revolutions
Fighting with Tools
This article conceptualizes some of the political practices and discourses that characterize recent protest movements such as Occupy and the Indignados. These movements’ strategies are distinguished by the central role they give to the occupation and recomposition of public spaces and also by their refusal to engage with 10 representative politics and public institutions. Critics argue that this so-called strategy of withdrawal illustrates a cate…
Contemporary Poetry Archive
The Constructivist Turn in Political Representation
This is the first edited volume to provide a comprehensive introduction and a critical exploration of the constructivist turn in political representation. Divided into three thematic parts, the 13 newly commissioned essays presented here develop constructivist turn as a central concept advancing the insight that there can be no democratic politics without representation because constituencies, or groups, exist as agents of democratic politics onl…
Constructivist Turn in Political Representation
They don't represent us? Synecdochal representation and the politics of occupy movements
The aim of this article is to better understand the function and place of representation in the politics of occupy movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the Spanish 15-M movement. It is often assumed that these movements categorically dismissed any form of political representation, as they criticised representative democracy in its current state and instead experimented with alternative forms of organisation and decision-making. My claim, howe…
Prefigurative Democracy
In the wake of protest movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the Spanish 15-M movement, the past decade has seen an increased interest in prefigurative politics: the attempt of activists to already realise or embody their ideal of a future society within their own organisational structures or political practices. This book reconstructs the history of prefiguration as an idea and concept, focusing on its place and meaning in anarchist practices…
Prefigurative Democracy
Introduces the key aspects of a theoretical debate on prefigurative politics and contemporary protest movements Develops a theory of prefigurative democracy as a way of thinking critically about contemporary protest movements Engages with the work of various radical political theorists, such as Arendt, Laclau and Mouffe and (post-)anarchist theory Combines an analysis of activist practices with both state-of-the-art and canonical radical theory I…
Beyond Dual Power
In the wake of ‘assembly movements’ such as Occupy Wall Street, the concept of ‘prefiguration’ has received increased attention in radical political theory. What remains undertheorised, however, is the manner and the extent to which prefiguration often implies a territorial claim as a way to secede from existing power relations and institutions. This article seeks to establish this relation between prefiguration and the appropriation of space. It…
Towards an ecological understanding of revolution
In the wake of the assembly movements that emerged from 2011 onwards, a lively academic and activist debate developed around the question of organization. Various political theorists have proposed an 'ecological' approach to social movements, which allows us to perceive them as contingent combinations between various activist repertoires and organizational forms. Rather than prioritizing either a 'horizontalist' or 'verticalist' logic of organiza…
Extra/Ordinary moments
From the Paris Commune of 1871 to the ‘assembly movements’ of the past decade: what these movements and uprisings had in common is their investment in changing the everyday lives of their own participants. But critics argue that, precisely for this reason, they often failed to realise any structural change in the long term. This article proposes an approach to these revolutionary experiences that defies their assessment in instrumentalist terms s…
Le communalisme comme répertoire démocratique
Qu’est-ce que le « communalisme » et comment peut-il être compris comme un projet politique original ? Murray Bookchin est sans doute le défenseur le plus connu de ce projet au cours des dernières décennies. Partiellement inspiré par les expériences de la Commune de Paris de 1871, dont il a tiré l’expression « communalisme », Bookchin le présente comme une idéologie politique cohérente qui englobe « les composantes philosophiques, historiqu…
Politics (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Social movement (4 works) · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (3 works) · Law (3 works)