Reflections on Empire

Antonio Negri was formerly Professor of State Theory at the University of Padua.

• A Note on the Text viiPreface: A Few Concepts Explained 1A Conversation about Empire Antonio Negri and Danilo Zolo 11Lesson 1: On Historical Method: Causality and Periodization 32Sovereignty: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 49Lesson 2: On Social Ontology: Material Labour, Immaterial Labour and Biopolitics 60Globalization and Democracy: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 79Lesson 3: Political Subjects: On the Multitude and Constituent Power 96Towards an Ontological Definition of the Multitude 114Lesson 4: On the Production of Subjectivity: Between War and Democracy 126Counterpower 139What to Make of 'What Is to Be Done?' Today: The Body of General Intellect 148Lesson 5: Logic and the Theory of Inquiry: Militant Practice as Subject and Episteme 159Following in Marx's Footsteps Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 173Index 196

"As a series of brief pointers to the theoretical architecture of Empire it is an excellent primer." British Journal of Sociology "Reflections on Empire and Empire and Beyond offer accessible points of entry to Negri's project with Hardt, which build, in their cumulative effect, to a sophisticated reflection upon its key ideas and their evolution - one that rewards close reading, even among those already familiar with his work."Marx and Philosophy