| Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism Contributor(s): Wright, Steve (Author), Cleaver, Harry (Foreword by), Bellofiore, Riccardo (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0745399908 ISBN-13: 9780745399904 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 335.430 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (0.83 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Italian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The only comprehensive survey of Italian autonomist theory, Storming Heaven explores its origins in the anti-Stalinist left of the 1950s and traces it through its glory days twenty years later. Emphasizing the dynamic nature of class composition and struggle as the distinguishing feature of autonomist thought, Steve Wright documents how class politics developed alongside emerging social movements. A critical and historical exploration of autonomist Marxism in postwar Italy, Storming Heaven moves beyond traditional analytical frameworks and instead assesses the strengths and limitations of the theory and how it foreshadowed many of contemporary European social struggles, such as the refusal of work, self-organization, openness to non-militarized political violence, mass illegality, and the extension of revolutionary agency. This updated edition also offers a substantial new afterword looking at the recent debates around operaismo and autonomia in Italy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wright, Steve: - Steve Wright is a senior lecturer the faculty of information technology at Monash University, in Australia. |