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Storming Heaven - Second Edition: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism
Steve Wright
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Description for Storming Heaven - Second Edition: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism
Paperback. Looks at the history of Italian workerist theory, taking in Antonio Negri, Mario Tronti, Sergio Bologna and others. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
Storming Heaven is the only book which looks at Italian workerist theory and practice, from its origins in the anti-Stalinist left of the 1950s to its heyday twenty years later. It focuses on the theme of workerism, or 'operaismo', which includes the refusal of work, class self-organisation, mass illegality and the extension of revolutionary agency, of of which are still practiced today by workers across the world. Emphasising the dynamic nature of class struggle as the distinguishing feature of workerist thought, Storming Heaven reveals how this form of radical politics developed alongside emerging social movements to great ... Read more
Storming Heaven is the only book which looks at Italian workerist theory and practice, from its origins in the anti-Stalinist left of the 1950s to its heyday twenty years later. It focuses on the theme of workerism, or 'operaismo', which includes the refusal of work, class self-organisation, mass illegality and the extension of revolutionary agency, of of which are still practiced today by workers across the world. Emphasising the dynamic nature of class struggle as the distinguishing feature of workerist thought, Storming Heaven reveals how this form of radical politics developed alongside emerging social movements to great ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745399904
SKU
V9780745399904
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Ref
99-50
About Steve Wright
Steve Wright is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. He is the author of the classic survey of Italian autonomist theory Storming Heaven (Pluto, 2017), now in its second edition.
Reviews for Storming Heaven - Second Edition: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism
'A vital, lucid contribution to understanding how the red threads of Marxism are being rewoven into the fabric of twenty-first century radicalism'
Nick Dyer-Witheford, author of Cyber-Proletariat and Cyber-Marx 'As the most wide-ranging, historically nuanced and theoretically incisive treatment of the contested tradition of operaismo, Wright's book is an indispensable contribution to the study, critique or revitalisation of Italy's ... Read more
Nick Dyer-Witheford, author of Cyber-Proletariat and Cyber-Marx 'As the most wide-ranging, historically nuanced and theoretically incisive treatment of the contested tradition of operaismo, Wright's book is an indispensable contribution to the study, critique or revitalisation of Italy's ... Read more