Insurgencies : constituent power and the modern state / Antonio Negri ; translated by Maurizia Boscagli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Negri, Antonio, 1933-2023.

Series:

Theory out of bounds ; v. 15.

Theory out of bounds ; 15

Standardized Title:

Potere costituente. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Philosophy.

Constitutional law.

Constituent power.

Revolutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Celebrated political prisoner Antonio Negri explores the drama of modern revolutions-from Machiavelli's Florence and Harrington's England to the American, French, and Russian revolutions-and puts forward a new notion of how power and action must be understood if we are to achieve a radically democratic future.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. Constituent Power: The Concept of a Crisis; Chapter 2. Virtue and Fortune: The Machiavellian Paradigm; Chapter 3. The Atlantic Model and the Theory of Counterpower; Chapter 4. Political Emancipation in the American Constitution; Chapter 5. The Revolution and the Constitution of Labor; Chapter 6. Communist Desire and the Dialectic Restored; Chapter 7. The Constitution of Strength; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-[364]) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8518-5

OCLC:

614485218

Publisher Number:

9780816622740