Power and Authority in Social Movements: A Political Philosophy of Prefigurative Politics

Journal title PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO
Author/s Luois Edgar Esparza
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/2
Language English Pages 27 P. 40-66 File size 330 KB
DOI 10.3280/PACO2013-002003
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Sometimes, and unexpectedly, people having accepted the authority of others as legitimate stop doing it and start resist, in the sense they take action on their own behalf. By this way they initiate exhibiting power, denying civil disobedience as mere resistance and lack of political strenght.

Keywords: Power, Structure of Authority, Resistance, High-Risk Activism, Prefigurative Politics

Luois Edgar Esparza, Power and Authority in Social Movements: A Political Philosophy of Prefigurative Politics in "PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO" 2/2013, pp 40-66, DOI: 10.3280/PACO2013-002003