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From the Factory to the World
The Global Marxism of Antonio Negri
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 390
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From the Factory to the World offers a landmark historical and theoretical reconstruction of Antonio Negriâs political thought, from Italian Operaismo in the 1960s and 1970s to his global influence via Empire (2000), and up to his death in 2023. The book highlights Negriâs epistemic continuity, showing how he extended the core tenets of Operaismo â such as the working classâs autonomy and Trontiâs âCopernican revolutionâ â beyond the Fordist factory into a âglobal Marxismâ for the present. Employing a methodology at the intersection of the history of political thought and intellectual history, it elucidates Negriâs ideas and innovations, engages major critiques, and distinguishes his approach from Western Marxism, post-Marxism, and neo-Marxism, assessing its contributions to critical theory and social movements.
Elia Zaru, Ph.D. (2021), Scuola Normale Superiore, is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Milan. His research focuses on modern and contemporary political thought, particularly constitutionalism, republicanism, Marxism, and the history of concepts of modernity, sovereignty, and globalization.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Where It All Began (1959â1967)
â1âWhat Is Operaismo?
â2âThe Dawn: Quaderni Rossi
â3âThe Peak: Classe Operaia
â4âThe Future: Post-Operaismo?
2 Negriâs Operaismo (1967â1979)
â1âMass Worker and Social Worker
â2âA Marxist Theory of the State
â3âCritique and Clinic of the State
â4âNegriâs Communism
3 Prison Time (1979â1983)
â1âMarx with Spinoza
â2âA Communist Theory of Time
â3âDialectic and Subjectivity
â4âIn Praise of the Absence of Memory
4 Exile (1983â1997)
â1âThe Ontology of Subversion
â2âRevolutionary Roads
â3âBack to the Future
5 From the Factory to the World (1997â2023)
â1âEmpire and Imperialism
â2âBiopolitical Production and Immaterial Labour
â3âMultitude and Class
6 The Global Marxism of Antonio Negri: Conclusion
â1âEpistemic Continuity, Conjunctural Discontinuity
â2âWestern Marxism, Post-Marxism, Neo-Marxism and Global Marxism
â3âThe Communistâs Laughter
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 Where It All Began (1959â1967)
â1âWhat Is Operaismo?
â2âThe Dawn: Quaderni Rossi
â3âThe Peak: Classe Operaia
â4âThe Future: Post-Operaismo?
2 Negriâs Operaismo (1967â1979)
â1âMass Worker and Social Worker
â2âA Marxist Theory of the State
â3âCritique and Clinic of the State
â4âNegriâs Communism
3 Prison Time (1979â1983)
â1âMarx with Spinoza
â2âA Communist Theory of Time
â3âDialectic and Subjectivity
â4âIn Praise of the Absence of Memory
4 Exile (1983â1997)
â1âThe Ontology of Subversion
â2âRevolutionary Roads
â3âBack to the Future
5 From the Factory to the World (1997â2023)
â1âEmpire and Imperialism
â2âBiopolitical Production and Immaterial Labour
â3âMultitude and Class
6 The Global Marxism of Antonio Negri: Conclusion
â1âEpistemic Continuity, Conjunctural Discontinuity
â2âWestern Marxism, Post-Marxism, Neo-Marxism and Global Marxism
â3âThe Communistâs Laughter
Bibliography
Index
This book is for scholars engaged in political theory and the history of political thought, Marxism, Italian operaismo, critical theory, continental philosophy, Italian political history, and social movements activists.