Description
Book SynopsisGuide will appeal to anyone interested in current debates about the ways in which the world is changing today; to the many people who are followers of Negris work; and to students and scholars in sociology, politics and cultural studies.
Trade Review"As a series of brief pointers to the theoretical architecture of
Empire it is an excellent primer."
British Journal of Sociology "Reflections on Empire and Empire and Beyond offer accessible points of entry to Negri's project with Hardt, which build, in their cumulative effect, to a sophisticated reflection upon its key ideas and their evolution - one that rewards close reading, even among those already familiar with his work."
Marx and Philosophy
Table of ContentsA Note on the Text vii
Preface: A Few Concepts Explained 1
A Conversation about Empire Antonio Negri and Danilo Zolo 11
Lesson 1: On Historical Method: Causality and Periodization 32
Sovereignty: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 49
Lesson 2: On Social Ontology: Material Labour, Immaterial Labour and Biopolitics 60
Globalization and Democracy: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 79
Lesson 3: Political Subjects: On the Multitude and Constituent Power 96
Towards an Ontological Definition of the Multitude 114
Lesson 4: On the Production of Subjectivity: Between War and Democracy 126
Counterpower 139
What to Make of 'What Is to Be Done?' Today: The Body of General Intellect 148
Lesson 5: Logic and the Theory of Inquiry: Militant Practice as Subject and Episteme 159
Following in Marx's Footsteps Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 173
Index 196
