Insurgencies : constituent power and the modern state

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

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 radic...

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Main Author: Negri, Antonio, 1933-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1999.
Series:Theory out of bounds ; v. 15.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > Philosophy.
Constituent power.
Revolutions.
revolutions.
LAW > Constitutional.
Constituent power
Constitutional law > Philosophy
Revolutions
Politieke theorie.
Grondwetten.
Revoluties.
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Potere costituente.
Table of 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.

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