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Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire
Michael Hardt,Antonio Negri +1 more
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In this paper, the authors show that by colonizing and interconnecting more areas of life ever more deeply, empire has actually created the possibility for a revolutionary kind of democracy, and that previously silent, oppressed masses' can form a multitude capable of bringing about radical steps in the liberation of humankind.Abstract:
By colonizing and interconnecting more areas of life ever more deeply, empire has actually created the possibility for a revolutionary kind of democracy. Now the previously silent, oppressed masses' can form a multitude capable of bringing about radical steps in the liberation of humankind. Exhilarating in its ambition, range and depth of insight, Multitude consolidates the stature of its authors as two of the world's most exciting and important political philosophers.read more
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