Empire's New Clothes

Reading Hardt and Negri

Bibliographic Data

ID19909999
AuthorsPaul A Passavant
EditorsPaul Passavant, Jodi Dean
Year2004
Publication date2004-08-02
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueEmpire's New Clothes (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203644003
OpenAlexW646696607
Open LibraryOL33658079M
ISBN9780203644003
LanguageEN
Citations received61

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 our era and a call for liberatory action, while Michael Hardt was acclaimed as the next Jacques Derrida. Framing the debate about this landmark work, The Empire's New Clothes brings together leading scholars to make sense of Empire's new vocabulary and tackle its claims head on. Does the authors' vision accurately describe the power structure of today's world? Do the processes of globalization today represent a fundamental break from the past? Is the book really a communist manifesto for the new age? Empire's New Clothes investigates these and other key issues, giving academics, students, and lay readers a handle on a work that touches the most vital themes of current political, social, and economic life

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Clothing · Empire · History · Political Economy and Marxism · Antonio Negri (1933-) · Colonialism & Post-Colonialism · Globalization · Imperialism · Impérialisme · Michael Hardt (1960-) · Political science

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