The Philosophy of Antonio Negri - Volume One: Resistance in Practice (v. 1)

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. Contents 4 Introduction: The Real Movement and the Present State of Things 7 Part I: The Long ’68 in Italy 11 1. Into the Factory: Negri's Lenin and the Subjective Caesura (1968-73) 13 2. Negri's Proletarians and the State: A Critique 44 3. Feminism and Autonomy: Itinerary of Struggle 54 4. A Party of Autonomy? 79 Part II: How to Resist the Present 113 5. The Refusal of Work as Demand and Perspective 115 6. Cyber-Negri: General Intellect and Immaterial Labor 142 7. Negri by Zapata: Constituent Power and the Limits of Autonomy 169 8. 'Now Everything Must Be Reinvented': Negri and Revolution 211 Bibliography 249 Contributors 264 Index 266 The intensity of the workers' and students' struggles of 1968 in countries throughout the world took everyone by surprise. Michael Hardt, Sergio Bologna, Kathi Weeks, Nick Dyer-Witheford and others explore the complexity of Negri's thought