| Insurgencies: Constituent Power and the Modern State Volume 15 Contributor(s): Negri, Antonio (Author), Boscagli, Maurizia (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0816667748 ISBN-13: 9780816667741 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: New Edition In the ten years since the initial publication of "Insurgencies," Antonio Negri's reputation as one of the world's foremost political philosophers has grown dramatically. An invigorating appraisal of revolutionary thought, Insurgencies is both the precursor to and the historical basis for Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt's masterwork, Empire. At the center of this book is the conflict between "constituent power," the democratic force of revolutionary innovation, and "constituted power," the fixed power of formal constitutions and central authority. This conflict, Negri argues, defines the drama of modern rebellions. Now with a foreword by Michael Hardt, "Insurgencies" leads to a new notion of how power and action must be understood if we are to achieve a democratic future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 342.001 |
| LCCN: 2009040608 |
| Series: Theory Out of Bounds (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.55 lbs) 384 pages |
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| Publisher Description: New Edition In the ten years since the initial publication of Insurgencies, Antonio Negri's reputation as one of the world's foremost political philosophers has grown dramatically. An invigorating appraisal of revolutionary thought, Insurgencies is both the precursor to and the historical basis for Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt's masterwork, Empire. At the center of this book is the conflict between constituent power, the democratic force of revolutionary innovation, and constituted power, the fixed power of formal constitutions and central authority. This conflict, Negri argues, defines the drama of modern rebellions. Now with a foreword by Michael Hardt, Insurgencies leads to a new notion of how power and action must be understood if we are to achieve a democratic future. |