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Antonio Negri 1933 – 2023

Antonio Negri (1933 – 2023) was an Italian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy, Marxism, and Political Philosophy.

Antonio Negri was an Italian Marxist political philosopher and revolutionary intellectual, a leading figure of the Italian operaismo movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and a co-author with Michael Hardt of the influential Empire trilogy. Marx Beyond Marx, written during his imprisonment, developed a heterodox reading of the Grundrisse, in which living labor is the constitutive force from which capital must always extract itself. Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth proposed a global political theory of post-Fordist capitalism and of the multitude as the productive social force capable of constituting an alternative to it.

Key facts

Nationality
Italian
Era
Contemporary
Movements
Continental Philosophy, Marxism, Political Philosophy

Selected quotes

  • Attributed to Antonio Negri:

    “Empire is the political form of post-Fordist capitalism.”

  • “The multitude is the productive flesh of the world.”

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  • Attributed to Antonio Negri:

    “Living labor is always already in excess of what capital can capture.”

  • Attributed to Antonio Negri:

    “Constituent power must never be reabsorbed into constituted power.”

  • Attributed to Antonio Negri:

    “The struggle is the source; capital is the parasite.”

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Frequently asked about Antonio Negri

When did Antonio Negri live?
Antonio Negri was born in 1933 and died in 2023.
Where was Antonio Negri from?
Antonio Negri was an Italian philosopher of the Contemporary era.
What philosophical movements is Antonio Negri associated with?
Antonio Negri was associated with Continental Philosophy, Marxism, and Political Philosophy.
What was Antonio Negri known for?
Antonio Negri was an Italian Marxist political philosopher and revolutionary intellectual, a leading figure of the Italian operaismo movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and a co-author with Michael Hardt of the influential Empire trilogy.
How many quotes are attributed to Antonio Negri?
There are 15 attributed quotations from Antonio Negri in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.