Antonio Negri A Revolt That Never Ends

Few intellectuals have experienced as much admiration and hatred as Antonio Negri His international bestselling book Empire a critical analysis of the new global economy coauthored with Michael Hardt was hailed as a new manifesto for the 21st century and turned Negri into a leading spokesperson for the international antiglobalization movement Antonio Negri A Revolt that Never Ends profiles the controversial life and times of this important moral and political philosopher militant prisoner refugee and socalled enemy of the state It traces his roots in the radical leftwing movements in Italy during the 60s and 70s illustrated through incredible archival footage of strikes factory occupations terrorist actions violent street confrontations and government trials of dissidents During these tumultuous decades Negri spent ten years in prison and fourteen years in Parisian exile where he contributed to philosophical debates with authors such as Gilles Deleuze