ABSTRACT
This entry provides an overview of the key characteristics of autonomous movements, a brief outline of their history, and their political importance in contemporary processes of mobilisation. The ideological framework that underlies autonomous movements and its relation to praxis is developed, and is contrasted with more institutionalised forms of organisation. The evolution of these movements and their synergy with anarchist, feminist and techno-political movement traditions is also covered. The key challenges and tensions of autonomous praxis in social movements is also explored, their invisibility within social movement studies is explained.
