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Commonwealth [is] the latest book by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, whose Empire and Multitude have, arguably, been the dominant works of political philosophy of the new century...[It's] the much-anticipated final volume of the Empire trilogy. Artforum 20091001 Commonwealth is a timely contribution to our understanding of contemporary capitalist relations and the potential revolutionary conditions they create...Together Hardt and Negri's work is considered to be responsible for a resurgence of interest in non-orthodox Marxism and its political manifestations. Commonwealth is the final part of a trilogy that began with Empire in 2000, a book that was published during the emergence of the alter-globalization movement. Multitude followed in 2004, developing the ideas that had been introduced in Empire, in particular the concept of the multitude as a new revolutionary subject. Commonwealth is a worthy addition to the trilogy, expamnding and clarifying on the understandings in the previous books, but perhaps more significantly grounding their analysis within an extended discussion of "the common."...Commonwealth is a book that challenges presuppositions about the utility of Marx, and introduces the possibility of combining his insights with the ideas of other significant authors such as Nietzsche, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, who are not traditionally associated with the radical communist project. -- Bertie Russell and Andre Pusey Red Pepper 20100401
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The authors argue for the idea of the 'common' to replace the opposition of private and public and the politics predicated on that opposition.
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61 of 67 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant conclusion to a brilliant trilogy
29 Oct 2009
Format:Hardcover
When "Empire" came out in 2000, it changed the way we view the international distribution of power, it provided a new framework and vocabulary with which to understand the world. "Multitude" provided us with the other side of the equation - the global silent majority infused with latent demands for a new world. This third installment points the way forward - how to put those demands for liberation into practice.
Ignore any reviews that bash this book as another totalitarian iteration of Marxism - it is far from it. The Left has long needed some serious conceptual reworking of our basic presuppositions and ideas, and this book goes a long way to rethinking society as it is, recognizing the emancipatory energy to be found in it, and prescribing what to do with it. Read it, think about it, talk about it, organize.
Ignore any reviews that bash this book as another totalitarian iteration of Marxism - it is far from it. The Left has long needed some serious conceptual reworking of our basic presuppositions and ideas, and this book goes a long way to rethinking society as it is, recognizing the emancipatory energy to be found in it, and prescribing what to do with it. Read it, think about it, talk about it, organize.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Necessary study on globalism
1 May 2011
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Regardless of one's political views (myself a risk professional in the realm of global capital), Hardt and Negri's work is a remarkably vital, anticipatory and accurate analysis of the evolution of capital. For the more libertarian reader, I'd still strongly recommend the Empire, Multitude, Commonwealth "trilogy" given the significant accuracy of analysis the authors provide which is a necessary study regardless of ideology and advocacy. Capital is indeed becoming post-capital, infusing the cultural values brought forward through critical theory and postmodernism, and is increasingly anticipatory of poststructural thought. For those of us involved in the analysis and formation of corporate strategic thinking, these trends and their systemic ramifications are a necessary study.
I'd have to believe that a Fordist business person of the early 20th century would find the entire region of the humanities, critical theory, postmodernity, ethics, etc. to be a complete waste of time, yet as such, they would have complete difficulty in understanding our (post)modern workplace where differences are not only tolerated, but increasingly embraced given the intersubjective perceptual strength such multiplicities of difference bring toward product creation, marketing innovation, risk management, etc. From the perspective of Hardt and Negri's work, all three are necessary for the thoughtful, ethical professional (regardless of political or economic ideology) in the evaluation of the global system emerging.
I'd have to believe that a Fordist business person of the early 20th century would find the entire region of the humanities, critical theory, postmodernity, ethics, etc. to be a complete waste of time, yet as such, they would have complete difficulty in understanding our (post)modern workplace where differences are not only tolerated, but increasingly embraced given the intersubjective perceptual strength such multiplicities of difference bring toward product creation, marketing innovation, risk management, etc. From the perspective of Hardt and Negri's work, all three are necessary for the thoughtful, ethical professional (regardless of political or economic ideology) in the evaluation of the global system emerging.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Don't support plagiarism
9 Dec 2011
Format:Hardcover
The concept of Coloniality of Biopower is presented by the authors as their own. They don't bother in making a distinction with (or attributing the original concept to) Anibal Quijano - who has over 20 years developing in print the concept of Coloniality of Power - or to other scholars who have also advanced this notion in Latin America. They even drop the "Bio" and simply appropriate the term Coloniality of Power as their own. If you feel you need more detail, I suggest you look up Mark Driscoll's review of the book in the journal Postmodern Culture (Volume 21, Number 1, September 2010): "Looting the Theory Commons: Hardt and Negri's Commonwealth". Yes, looting. Duke University Press in 2008 has a collection of essays on Coloniality (Coloniality at Large: Latin America and the Postcolonial Debate (Latin America Otherwise)) with an essay titled "Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism and Social Classification" by Quijano. Looting indeed, colonialism is still at large.
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