Bücher der Reihe Theory Out Of Bounds

In the ten years since the initial publication of Insurgencies, Antonio Negri's reputation as one of the world's foremost political philosophers has grown dramatically. Now with a foreword by Michael Hardt, Insurgencies leads to a new notion of how power and action must be understood if we are to achieve a democratic future.

How we respond to pain, what we think about it, what we say, and what we do, is the focus of this work. It discusses biomedical responses, surgical interventions, pharmacology and positions that embrace pain. Each section includes analyses, poetic and literary texts, and discussions by activists.

This collection of essays suggests that Spinoza is an unsuspected but very real presence in the work of contemporary philosophers from Deleuze to Derrida. This text articulates that presence, aiming to make the influence and significance of Spinoza clear for a new generation of philosophers.

A guide to Italian political and social theory.