Product Description

Time for Revolution explores the burning issue of our times: is there still a place for resistance in a society utterly subsumed by capitalism? Written in prison two decades apart, these two essays reflect Negri's abiding interest in the philosophy of time and resistance. The first is a central work in Negri's oeuvre, tracing the fracture lines which force capitalist society into perpetual crisis. The second essay, written immediately after the global bestseller, Empire, provides a conceptual toolbox, deepening our understanding of the two key concepts of empire and multitude. Translated by Matteo Mandarini

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #687423 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 271 pages

Review
"'Time for Revolution constitutes a major philosophical statement by one of the most important thinkers of our time'. Fredric Jameson; 'We discover here another Negri, a Negri deeply immersed in a philosophical, even a theological problematic. This book is a must: it provides the proper background for Negri's widely circulated analysis of the global capitalist Empire'. Slavoj Zizek; "No one who seeks to comment on global capitalism or the movements opposing it can afford to ignore Negri." The New Statesman; "Intricately argued philosophy, a serious Marxian project" The Guardian."

From the Back Cover
"We discover here another Negri, a Negri deeply immersed in a philosophical, even a theological problematic. This book is a MUST: it provides the proper background for Negri's widely circulated analysis of the global capitalist Empire." Slavoj Zizek

Time for Revolution explores the burning issue of our times: is there still a place for resistance in a society utterly subsumed by capitalism?

Written in prison two decades apart, these two essays reflect Antonio Negri's abiding interest in the philosophy of time and resistance. The first essay traces the fracture lines which force capitalist society into perpetual crisis. The second, written immediately after the global best-seller, Empire, develops the two key concepts of empire and multitude.

Time for Revolution illuminates the course of Negri's thinking from the 1980s to Empire and beyond.

About the Author
Antonio Negri (1936-) is one of the most significant and controversial figures in contemporary political thought. His radical re-working of the Marxian project in the bestsellers Empire and Multitude (co-authored with Michael Hardt) have set the terms of the debate on globalization and the left.

Customer Reviews

Totally impenetrable
I defy anyone to read this book.
The purpose of a philosophical book is surely to take complicated ideas and impart them to the reader in a clear and accessible way. Antonio Negri fails miserably in this regard.
If you turn to a page, any page, in this book you will see what I mean.

A typical sentence goes
'To begin with the conception of constitutive time means to travel a reverse path: synthesising quality and quantity in time, and so grasping the antagonistic nexus in the form of globality' (page 96)

Yes, Antonio. I get you! Very deep. Could you explain it to me again just one more time??

Avoid!