Over the past several decades, Italian revolutionary politics has
offered a model for new forms of political thinking. Radical Thought in
Italy continues that tradition by providing an original view of the
potential for a radical democratic politics today that speaks not only
to the Italian situation but also to a broadly international context.
First, the essays settle accounts with the culture of cynicism,
opportunism, and fear that has come to permeate the Left. They then
proceed to analyze the new difficulties and possibilities opened by
current economic conditions and the crisis of the welfare state.
Finally, the authors propose a series of new concepts that are helpful
in rethinking revolution for our times. Contributors: Giorgio Agamben, U
of Verona and Collège Internationale de Philosophie, Paris; Massimo De
Carolis, U of Salerno; Alisa Del Re, U of Padua; Augusto Illuminati, U
of Urbino; Maurizio Lazzarato; Antonio Negri, U of Paris VIII; Franco
Piperno, U of Calabria; Marco Revelli, U of Turin; Rossana Rossanda;
Carlo Vercellone; Adelino Zanini. Paolo Virno is the author of several
books, including the recently translated A Grammar of the Multitude.
Michael Hardt is professor of literature and romance studies at Duke
University.
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