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The Empire's New Clothes. Reading Hardt and Negri.
Paul A. Passavant
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Description for The Empire's New Clothes. Reading Hardt and Negri.
paperback. "Empire's New Clothes" examines the crucially important title "Empire" in all its complexity as a work of legal and political theory that diagnoses our era and urges liberatory action. Editor(s): Dean, Jodi; Passavant, Paul. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
The publication of Empire last year created a sensation that spread from academia to the media to cocktail-party buzz. A book that causes such a scholarly commotion comes along only once every decade or so wrote the New York Times , as the book's radical vision of imperial power in the new millennium sparked both histrionic condemnation and serious academic engagement. After September 11 this discussion of Empire's political and legal theories was closely linked with the struggle to redefine America's place in a changed world. The book was read as a diagnosis of ... Read more
The publication of Empire last year created a sensation that spread from academia to the media to cocktail-party buzz. A book that causes such a scholarly commotion comes along only once every decade or so wrote the New York Times , as the book's radical vision of imperial power in the new millennium sparked both histrionic condemnation and serious academic engagement. After September 11 this discussion of Empire's political and legal theories was closely linked with the struggle to redefine America's place in a changed world. The book was read as a diagnosis of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415935555
SKU
KSG0032516
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About Paul A. Passavant
Paul Passavant is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Jodi Dean is Associate Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the author or editor of five books, including Aliens in America: Conspiracy Culturefrom Outerspace to Cyperspace (1997) and Cultural Studiesand Political Theory (2000).
Reviews for The Empire's New Clothes. Reading Hardt and Negri.
"An extraordinary set of essays by prominent social and legal theorists-bold, accessible, critical and timely. By highlighting legal processes in Hardt and Negri's model of a new global order, these essays reveal some of the innovations and limitations of their call for revolutionary action by the multitudes."
Eve Darian-Smith, University of California at Berkeley "Hardt and Negri's magisterial Empire ... Read more
Eve Darian-Smith, University of California at Berkeley "Hardt and Negri's magisterial Empire ... Read more