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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819568003321

Autore

Negri Antonio <1933->

Titolo

Insurgencies [[electronic resource] ] : constituent power and the modern state / / Antonio Negri ; translated by Maurizia Boscagli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1999

ISBN

0-8166-8518-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

Theory out of bounds ; ; 15

Disciplina

342.001

342/.001

Soggetti

Constitutional law - Philosophy

Constituent power

Revolutions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-[364]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. Constituent Power: The Concept of a Crisis; Chapter 2. Virtue and Fortune: The Machiavellian Paradigm; Chapter 3. The Atlantic Model and the Theory of Counterpower; Chapter 4. Political Emancipation in the American Constitution; Chapter 5. The Revolution and the Constitution of Labor; Chapter 6. Communist Desire and the Dialectic Restored; Chapter 7. The Constitution of Strength; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Celebrated political prisoner Antonio Negri explores the drama of modern revolutions-from Machiavelli's Florence and Harrington's England to the American, French, and Russian revolutions-and puts forward a new notion of how power and action must be understood if we are to achieve a radically democratic future.