Commonwealth

Michael Hardt

Antonio Negri

Preface: The Becoming-Prince of the Multitude

Part 1. Republic (and the Multitude of the Poor)

1.1 Republic of Property
1.2 Productive Bodies
1.3 The Multitude of the Poor
De Corpore 1: Biopolitics as Event

Part 2. Modernity (and the Landscapes of Altermodernity)

2.1 Antimodernity as Resistance
2.2 Ambivalences of Modernity
2.3 Altermodernity
De Homine 1: Biopolitical Reason

Part 3. Capital (and the Struggles over Common Wealth)

3.1 Metamorphoses of the Composition of Capital
3.2 Class Struggle from Crisis to Exodus
3.3 Kairos of the Multitude
De Singularitate 1: Of Love Possessed

Intermezzo: A Force to Combat Evil

Part 4. Empire Returns

4.1 Brief History of a Failed Coup d'État
4.2 After U.S. Hegemony
4.3 Genealogy of Rebellion
De Corpore 2: Metropolis

Part 5. Beyond Capital?

5.1 Terms of the Economic Transition
5.2 What Remains of Capitalism
5.3 Pre-shocks along the Fault Lines
De Homine 2: Cross the Threshold!

Part 6. Revolution

6.1 Revolutionary Parallelism
6.2 Insurrectional Intersections
6.3 Governing the Revolution
De Singularitate 2: Instituting Happiness

Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

Photo of Michael Hardt (top) and Antonio Negri by Nora Parcu

Michael Hardt is Professor of Literature and Italian at Duke University.

Antonio Negri is an independent researcher and writer. He has been a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Paris and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Padua.