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Everyone seems to agree that our economic system is broken, yet the debate about alternatives remains oppressively narrow. Hardt and Negri explode this claustrophobic debate, taking readers to the deepest roots of our current crises and proposing radical, and deeply human, solutions. There has never been a better time for this book.
--Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine (20091001)
Commonwealth, last and richest of the Empire trilogy, is a powerful and ambitious reappropriation of the whole tradition of political theory for the Left. Clarifying Foucault's ambiguous notion of biopower, deepening the authors' own proposal for the notion of multitude, it offers an exhilarating summa of the forms and possibilities of resistance today. It is a politically as well as an intellectually invigorating achievement.
--Fredric Jameson, Duke University
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 )
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 )
--Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine (20091001)
Commonwealth, last and richest of the Empire trilogy, is a powerful and ambitious reappropriation of the whole tradition of political theory for the Left. Clarifying Foucault's ambiguous notion of biopower, deepening the authors' own proposal for the notion of multitude, it offers an exhilarating summa of the forms and possibilities of resistance today. It is a politically as well as an intellectually invigorating achievement.
--Fredric Jameson, Duke University
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 )
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 )
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When Empire appeared in 2000, it defined the political and economic challenges of the era of globalization and, thrillingly, found in them possibilities for new and more democratic forms of social organization. Now, with Commonwealth, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri conclude the trilogy begun with Empire and continued in Multitude, proposing an ethics of freedom for living in our common world and articulating a possible constitution for our common wealth.
Drawing on scenarios from around the globe and elucidating the themes that unite them, Hardt and Negri focus on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth. They argue for the idea of the “common” to replace the opposition of private and public and the politics predicated on that opposition. Ultimately, they articulate the theoretical bases for what they call “governing the revolution.”
Though this book functions as an extension and a completion of a sustained line of Hardt and Negri’s thought, it also stands alone and is entirely accessible to readers who are not familiar with the previous works. It is certain to appeal to, challenge, and enrich the thinking of anyone interested in questions of politics and globalization.
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Brilliant conclusion to a brilliant trilogy, Oct 29 2009
By The Philosoraptor - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Commonwealth (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.
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Necessary study on globalism, May 1 2011
By James R. Saker "Jamie Saker" - Published on Amazon.com
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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.
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Commonwealth book review (paperback), April 30 2012
By George McDuffee - Published on Amazon.com
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CommonwealthExceptionally insightful! I have all three of the Negri/Hardt books and all are excellent. This gives you an insight into what is happening and why on the macro/international socioeconomic level. It is high level reading, and and will be slow going for most people, but is well worth the effort. Hart has done an exceptional job of translating. Hart has several youtube interviews posted about Commonwealth. He is not as good a speaker as he is translator/writer, but these are also well worthwhile to watch after you have read the books. The _South of the Border_ by Oliver Stone dvd is a good companion to this showing how the new global commonwealth is being resisted in Latin America as the human cost is just too high.
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