Antonio Negri Books

This final volume in Antonio Negri’s new trilogy aims to clarify and develop the ‘common’ as a key concept of radical thought. Here the term is understood in a double sense: on the one hand, as a collective of production and consumption in which the domination of capital has been completely realized; on the other hand, as the cooperation of workers and citizens and their assertion of political power. The maturation of this duality was the sign of the limits of capitalism in our age; the common showed itself as the active force that recomposed production, society and life in a new experience of freedom. Today the promise of freedom seems undermined by the very institutions founded to uphold it, as the charters of western democracy seek to prioritize individualism. Negri advocates instead a free society founded on the premise that the good life is to be collectively ordered – in other words, a society that elevates the common. In his vision, giving political expression to those who work and produce is the only way of overturning totalitarian exploitation and of enabling every citizen to participate in the development of the city. Like its companion volumes, this new collection of essays by Negri will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in radical politics and in the key social and political struggles of our time.

Focusing on the author's intellectual journey, this autobiography delves into his experiences as a committed Communist. It explores the challenges and sacrifices he faced while pursuing his ideals, providing a compelling insight into his personal and political evolution. As the first volume of a three-part series, it sets the stage for a deeper understanding of his life and beliefs.

This volume compiles Antonio Negri's critical writings on the modern state's nature and form. A central theme is the necessity of moving beyond the sovereign state, a political power shaped by the capitalist organization of bourgeois society. Negri argues that the sovereign bourgeois state has become a tool for a declining ruling class, which sometimes appears exhausted in its institutional forms and at other times operates in a frenetic, zombie-like, or parafascist manner. He contends that the despotic power of the state should be abolished, distinguishing his perspective from other Left thinkers who mistakenly view the state as inevitable. Instead, he believes the state should be seen as a power structure that, once conquered, must be transformed and ultimately dissolved to combat the oppression of living labor and promote free citizenship. Negri asserts that the call for state abolition remains a vital, active concrete utopia, reflected in every act of liberation. The articles in this volume cover Negri's analysis of the capitalist state's transformation in the twentieth century, driven by Keynesianism, and his insights into the evolution of sovereignty from local command to global control. This collection is a valuable resource for those interested in radical politics and contemporary social and political struggles.

Long before Antonio Negri became famous around the world for his groundbreaking volume Empire , he was infamous across Europe for the incendiary writings contained in this book. Books for Burning consists of five pamphlets that Negri wrote between 1971 and 1977, which attempt to identify and draw lessons from new conditions of class struggle that emerged in the course of the 1970s.Conceived as organizational hypotheses intended for debate among the members of the political movements Workers’ Power ( Potere operaio ) and Organized Autonomy ( Autonomia organizzata ), these texts were later misread and misrepresented by the Italian state in its attempt to frame Negri as responsible for the assassination of former Italian president Aldo Moro, as the leader of the Red Brigades, and as the mastermind of an armed insurrection against the state. In the more than twenty-five years since their first publication, these texts have lost none of their originality, relevance or power to shock.In a new preface, Negri demonstrates how his controversial work on empire, biopolitics and immaterial labor developed out of concepts and strategies first outlined in this book, and an editorial introduction analyzes the role these texts played in Negri’s trial and in the criminalization of the Italian radical workers’ movement.

Exploring the impact of automation and information technology, the writings delve into the transformation of labor organization and the broadening of exploitation beyond the traditional labor class. Negri examines the implications of neoliberalism, Thatcherism, and Reaganomics, highlighting how these shifts have not only displaced the political significance of labor but have also embedded exploitation across various societal spheres. The work critiques the resulting counterrevolution and its effects on contemporary social dynamics.

In the Old Testament book of Job, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The heart of the story is Job's quest to understand why he must bear, and why God would allow, such misery. This book presents a Marxist interpretation of Job's story.

You've seen them on the NY Times front page and on TV -- now hear them in their own words. With the rise of the global anti-capitalist movement, from the WTO in Seattle to the G8 in Genoa, street protesters are in the public eye. The masked and militant Black Bloc are the most visible and controversial of these protesters. Here are the periodic communiques issued from within the Bloc to explain their tactics, including property destruction and police confrontation. Plus an analysis in context of the larger movement. A passionate manifesto in the rhetorical tradition of the Situationists, with photos of the events discussed.

Drawing on scenarios from around the globe and elucidating the themes that unite them, this title focus on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth.

'Multitude' offers an inspiring vision of how people of the world can come together in a globally networked community to create a new kind of democracy. Hardt and Negri explain how empire, by colonizing and interconnecting more areas of life ever more deeply, has created the possibility for democracy of a sort never seen before.

Each year an eruption of "leaderless" social movements leaves external observers and activists perplexed. Why have the movements, which address the needs and desires of so many, not been able to achieve lasting change? In Assembly, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri analyze potential paths for creating a more democratic and just society.