Assembly (Heretical Thought)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190677961 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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They are best known for the Empire trilogy: Empire (2000), Multitude (2004), and Commonwealth (2009). Michael Hardt teaches in the Literature Program at Duke University. Antonio Negri has taught at the University of Padua and University of Paris VIII. They are also authors most recently of Declaration (2012).
In recent years "leaderless" social movements have proliferated around the globe, from North Africa and the Middle East to Europe, the Americas, and East Asia. Drawing on ideas developed through their well-known Empire trilogy, Hardt and Negri have produced, in Assembly, a timely proposal for how current large-scale horizontal movements can develop the capacities for political strategy and decision-making to effect lasting and democratic change. Some of these movements have led to impressive gains: the toppling of authoritarian leaders, the furthering of progressive policy, and checks on repressive state forces. Activists, too, struggle to harness the poten
One may disagree with Hardt and Negri, but the motivation for disagreement becomes more and more difficult, one masterpiece after the other." -- Ugo Mattei, author of Plunder: When the Rule of Law is Illegal"A smart and in-depth examination of Marxist politics for a new century Assembly is a fascinating, challenging theoretical journey into a future beyond capitalism."--Publishers Weekly. Some of their many propositions may seem questionable and some viscerally right, but all are thoughtful, potentially revelatory, fuel." -- Lauren Berlant, author of Cruel Optimism"This is an impressive, full-fledged pars construens, theoreti