Empire's new clothes : reading Hardt and Negri / edited by Paul A. Passavant and Jodi Dean.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Passavant, Paul A. (Paul Andrew)

Dean, Jodi, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Empire.

Imperialism.

Political science.

Physical Description:

vii, 344 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

Brings together leading scholars from politics, law, sociology and cultural studies, including Slavoj Zizek, Ernesto Laclau, Saskia Sassen and Hardt himselfLove it or hate it, Empire is a landmark popular academic work like Hitler's Willing Executioners and Black Athena that is sure to frame debates for years to comeProvides a readable subject-by-subject introduction to this long and complex work and the controversies surrounding it.

Contents:

Introduction: Postmodern Republicanism / Paul A. Passavant 1

Immanence

1. Can Immanence Explain Social Struggles? / Ernesto Laclau 21

Transcendence

2. The Immanence of Empire / Peter Fitzpatrick 31

Market

3. On Divine Markets and the Problem of Justice: Empire as Theodicy / Bill Maurer 57

Law

4. Legal Imperialism: Empire's Invisible Hand? / Ruth Buchanan, Sundhya Pahuja 73

Representation

5. From Empire's Law to the Multitude's Rights: Law, Representation, Revolution / Paul A. Passavant 95

Sovereignty

6. Representing the International: Sovereignty after Modernity? / Mark Laffey, Jutta Weldes 121

Global

7. Africa's Ambiguous Relation to Empire and Empire / Kevin C. Dunn 143

Intermezzo

The Theory & Event Interview: Sovereignty, Multitudes, Absolute Democracy: A Discussion between Michael Hardt and Thomas L. Dumm about Hardt's and Negri's Empire 163

Space

8. The Repositioning of Citizenship: Emergent Subjects and Spaces for Politics / Saskia Sassen 175

Place

9. The Irrepressible Lightness and Joy of Being Green: Empire and Environmentalism / William Chaloupka 199

Migration

10. Smooth Politics / Malcolm Bull 217

Generation

11. Taking the Millennialist Pulse of Empire's Multitude: A Genealogical Feminist Diagnosis / Lee Quinby 231

Capitalism

12. The Ideology of the Empire and Its Traps / Slavoj Zizek 253

Communication

13. The Networked Empire: Communicative Capitalism and the Hope for Politics / Jodi Dean 265

Revolution

14. The Myth of the Multitude / Kam Shapiro 289

Event

15. Representation and the Event / Paul A. Passavant, Jodi Dean 315.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415935547

0415935555

OCLC:

51900615