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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David EdenPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9781409411741ISBN 10: 1409411745 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 21 September 2012 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Perspective of Autonomy; Chapter 2 Life Put to Work, the Theory of Antonio Negri and Paulo Virno; Chapter 3 Exodus and Disobedience, the Political Practice of the Republic of the Multitude; Chapter 4 Critique: Value, Fetishism, the Commodity and Politics; Chapter 5 The New Enclosures. The Theory of the Midnight Notes Collective; Chapter 6 Jubilee, the Political Practice of the Commons; Chapter 7 A Critique of the Midnight Notes Collective; Chapter 8 In the Beginning is the Scream. The Theory of John Holloway; Chapter 9 One No, Many Yeses: The Political Practice of Anti-Power; Chapter 10 A Critique of Holloway; Chapter 11 Conclusion;Reviews'Provides us with a most scholarly discussion of the politics of class / class struggles and power / anti-power at a time of great uncertainty and profound social challenges. Includes most valuable insights not just for those interested in the practical reason of communisation, but also for readers interested in the idea of social autonomy more generally. This really is an indispensable book.' Werner Bonefeld, University of York, UK 'Too often the autonomist tradition is reduced to a few names, effacing its wealth of experiences and ideas. In this excellent and timely book Dave Eden renews autonomist politics, building on critical but overlooked thinkers such as the Midnight Notes Collective and John Holloway. Drawing out the resonances between different perspectives, Eden brings previously ignored voices into current debates reconceptualizing the nature of autonomy, the commons, and struggles against capital. ' Stevphen Shukaitis, University of Essex, UK 'This critical study brings home the fact that today it seems we are all radical materialists, in our rejection of the sour grapes of radical Enlightenment aspirations and their exchange for the immanent vitalist understanding of the constitutive power of socialized life where we only need to transform ourselves and no longer worry about the external world. For this reason alone, it makes for required and sobering reading.' Global Change, Peace & Security '... as the first general study of autonomism to be published in English that deals with more than one author, I would suggest that his book is essential reading for those engaged in academic debates around autonomism or indeed those using particular autonomist ideas or authors in their work. While it is not intended as one, the book does work very well as a partial introduction to the tradition and to the ideas of Negri and Virno, the MNC and Holloway in particular... his is a valuable account that is perhaps indispensable for academics interested in gaining more knowledge about autonomism as well as those already engaged in its debates.' Ephemera '... highly impressive survey of contemporary autonomist thought... commendably well researched, with lesser-known and co-authored texts drawn upon extensively alongside each author's better-known texts... an excellent introduction to contemporary autonomist thought... deserves to be widely read by all those interested in what is wrong with the world, and what we might do to change it.' Capital and Class Eden's book is excellent and deserves a wide reading. His mastery of the literature is truly enviable. While it leaves us with some questions, these do not subtract from what is otherwise a compelling discussion of the stakes of theorizing capitalist hegemony, and just how we might recruit the diverse literatures of Autonomist Marxism in the task of its critique. New Political Scientist 'This book provides a very good contribution towards our understanding of the politics of emancipation. Through his discussion and analysis of the three groups of theorists, the author raises critical awareness about radical politics and urges the reader to re-think and re-read their conceptions of labour, class, class struggles and emancipation in contemporary politics. Although this work does not present itself as a theoretical textbook in Marxist and radical leftist literature, it draws together three different areas of radical literature and provides a valuable critique on each perspective. ... this book is highly recommended for the reader who is interested in Marxism and radical politics at all levels.' Political Studies Review Author InformationDavid Eden, Griffith University, Australia and The University of Queensland, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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