Prefiguration and the Emergence of the Global Subject

Abstract

The concept of prefiguration is discussed in the context of the potential, arguably imperative emergence of a global subject of sufficient power to overcome the global rule of capital, thereby opening a path to an ecosocialist transition to a global solar commons, terminating the political economy of capitalism on our planet. Prefigurative social formations and struggles are discussed, particularly in the global South, along with the potential role of ecosocialist parties that would coordinate the emergence of a global Subject.