Over the past several decades, Italian revolutionary politics has offered a model for new forms of political thinking. Radical Thought in Italy continues that tradition by providing an original view of the potential for a radical democratic politics today that speaks not only to the Italian situation but also to a broadly international context. First, the essays settle accounts with the culture of cynicism, opportunism, and fear that has come to permeate the Left. They then proceed to analyze the new difficulties and possibilities opened by current economic conditions and the crisis of the welfare state. Finally, the authors propose a series of new concepts that are helpful in rethinking revolution for our times. Contributors: Giorgio Agamben, U of Verona and Collège Internationale de Philosophie, Paris; Massimo De Carolis, U of Salerno; Alisa Del Re, U of Padua; Augusto Illuminati, U of Urbino; Maurizio Lazzarato; Antonio Negri, U of Paris VIII; Franco Piperno, U of Calabria; Marco Revelli, U of Turin; Rossana Rossanda; Carlo Vercellone; Adelino Zanini. Paolo Virno is the author of several books, including the recently translated A Grammar of the Multitude. Michael Hardt is professor of literature and romance studies at Duke University.

The co-authors of Empire examine empire networks throughout history and in the present day, arguing that key issues within the new world order may enable significant social transformation and global democracy. Reprint.

Product Description: El imperialismo, tal como lo conocimos, probablemente ya no pueda existir, pero el imperio aún goza de buena salud. Tal como lo demuestran Michael Hardt y Toni Negri en este osado libro, se trata del nuevo orden político de la globalización...read more

Product Description: Con Imperio, Michael Hardt y Antonio Negri se convirtieron en los teóricos visionarios del nuevo orden global. Ahora, en Multitud, ofrecen una esperanzadora visión de cómo los ciudadanos del mundo pueden usar las estructuras del imperio contra el propio imperio...read more

Discusses how cultural and economic changes around the world have caused a shift in the concepts that shape modern politics and defined the new global order.

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