The Philosophy of Antonio Negri - Volume One Resistance in Practice

by Murphy, Timothy; Mustapha, Abdul-Karim

• ISBN13: 9780745323374
• ISBN10: 0745323375
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-20
• Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary

This collection of essays is the first of its kind in English on the work of Antonio Negri, the Italian philosopher and political theorist. The spectacular success of Empire, Negri's collaboration with Michael Hardt, has brought Negri's writing to a new, wider audience. A substantial body of his writing is now available to an English-speaking readership. Outstanding contributors - including Michael Hardt, Sergio Bologna, Kathi Weeks and Nick Dyer-Witheford - reveal the variety and complexity of Negri's thought and explore its unique relevance to modern politics. Negri is one of the most sophisticated analysts of modern political philosophy. Philosophers and critics alike find his work both difficult and exhilarating, engaging as it does with Marx, Spinoza, Deleuze, Guattari, Tronti and others. This book is ideal for readers who want to get to grips with Negri's key themes, in particular his theories on labour, capital, power, the state and revolution. It makes a great introduction to his work for students of political philosophy, as well as providing a comprehensive critical approach for Negri enthusiasts.

Author Biography

Timothy Murphy is an associate professor in the department of English at the University of Oklahoma, a Negri translator, and the author of numerous articles. His translation of Negri’s Books for Burning will be published by Verso; his translation of Negri’s Subversive Spinoza was published in 2004 by Manchester University Press.
Abdul-Karim Mustapha is currently at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. He is on the editorial board of Rethinking Marxism.
Antonio Negri is an Italian philosopher, writer and independent researcher. Among his numerous publications are The Politics of Subversion: A Manifesto for the 21st Century , The Labour of Dionysos: A Critique of a State-Form and, together with Michael Hardt, Empire.

Table of Contents

Editors' Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction: The Real Movement and the Present State of Things	1	(6)
Timothy S. Murphy and Abdul-Karim Mustapha
Part I: The Long '68 in Italy
1. Into the Factory: Negri's Lenin and the Subjective Caesura (1968-73)	7	(31)
Michael Hardt
2. Negri's Proletarians and the State: A Critique	38	(10)
Sergio Bologna
3. Feminism and Autonomy: Itinerary of Struggle	48	(25)
Alisa Del Re
4. A Party of Autonomy?	73	(36)
Steve Wright
Part II: How to Resist the Present
5. The Refusal of Work as Demand and Perspective	109	(27)
Kathi Weeks
6. Cyber-Negri: General Intellect and Immaterial Labor	136	(27)
Nick Dyer-Witheford
7. Negri by Zapata: Constituent Power and the Limits of Autonomy	163	(42)
José Rabasa
8. 'Now Everything Must Be Reinvented': Negri and Revolution	205	(38)
Kenneth Surin
Bibliography	243	(15)
Contributors	258	(2)
Index	260