Grammar of the Multitude For an Analysis of Contemporary Forms of Life

Name: Grammar of the Multitude For an Analysis of Contemporary Forms of Life
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ISBN: 9781584350217

ISBN-10: 1584350210

ISBN-13: 9781584350217

Edition: 2004

Authors: Paolo Virno, Isabella Bertoletti, James Cascaito, Andrea Casson, Sylvï¿½re Lotringer

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Globalization is forcing us to rethink some of the categories -- such as "the people" -- that traditionally have been associated with the now eroding state. Italian political thinker Paolo Virno argues that the category of "multitude," elaborated by Spinoza and for the most part left fallow since the seventeenth century, is a far better tool to analyze contemporary issues than the Hobbesian concept of "people," favored by classical political philosophy. Hobbes, who detested the notion of multitude, defined it as shunning political unity, resisting authority, and never entering into lasting agreements. "When they rebel against the state," Hobbes wrote, "the citizens are the multitude against…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: semiotexte Limited
Publication date: 1/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.00" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Foreword: We, the Multitude


Introduction



Forms of Dread and Refuge



Labor, Action, Intellect



Multitude as Subjectivity



Ten Theses on the Multitude and Post-Fordist Capitalism


Bibliography


Index