Everyday Revolutions : Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina

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Includes bibliographical references and index

More Praise for Everyday Revolutions; About the Author; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Argentina: a crack in history - 19 and 20 December 2001; From cracks to creation: the emergence of horizontal formations; Revolution with a small 'r'; New social relationships; The state; Challenging the contentious framework; Walking - and slowly; 1 A brief history of movements and repression in Argentina; An action; HIJOS: an introduction to the movements; The beginning: the 1990s; The dictatorship; Revolutionary armed struggle: the 1960s-1970s

Peronism: the 1950s-1960sRadical labor movements: 19th-early 20th centuries; Conclusion; 2 From rupture to creation: new movements emerge; 'One no, many yesses'; What is rupture?; Rupturing 'No te metas' and fear; From a dignified worker to dignity; The formation of new solidarities: 'El otro soy yo'; Conclusion; 3 Horizontalidad; Practicing horizontalidad; Challenges to decision making within horizontalidad; Horizontalidad continues as a tool and goal; 4 New subjectivities and affective politics; Protagonism, subjectivity, and a new language for politics; Affective politics

Decision making and affective politics: the Southern Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and the feminist movementThe personal is political; Beloved community; 5 Power and autonomy: against and beyond the state; Power; Power and the state; Autonomy; Conclusion; 6 Autogestión, territory, and alternative values; Conceptualizing autogestión; Organization of recuperated workplaces; Challenges to autogestión; Five specific recuperated workplace examples; Autogestión in the neighborhood assemblies; Barter; Territory; New values; 7 The state rises: incorporation, cooptation, and autonomy

What is a state without legitimacy?Hegemony and social consensus; Money and services as control; The movements dance with dynamite; Conclusion: it's a war, not a dance; 8 Measuring success: affective or contentious politics?; Dreams, dignity, and a yardstick; We are the HIJOS of the 19th and 20th; A sociological framework to understand the movements and their success; Conclusions, implications, and practical applications; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Bibliography; Index

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