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
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Attributed to Antonio Negri:
“Empire is the political form of post-Fordist capitalism.”
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“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.”
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Attributed to Antonio Negri:
“Constituent power must never be reabsorbed into constituted power.”
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Attributed to Antonio Negri:
“The struggle is the source; capital is the parasite.”
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.