Italian Operaismo
Genealogy, History, Method
Published on 28. March 2023
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Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-262-04792-0 (ISBN)
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"A short and possibly the first accessible overview of Operaismo (or "workerism," or "Autonomous Marxism"), which was the movement out of which today's general body of "Italian Theory" (Negri, Berardi, Virno, etc.) emerged"--
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English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
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MIT Press Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04792-0 (9780262047920)
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Gigi Roggero is a militant researcher, part of the editorial board of Machina and Commonware, and director of DeriveApprodi’s Input series. Among his various books and essays, he is author of The Production of Living Knowledge, Futuro anteriore, Gli operaisti, Elogio della militanza, and Il treno contro la Storia.
Clara Pope is a translator and editor based in Bologna, with particular interest in political struggles, Marx, and contemporary critical theory.
Clara Pope is a translator and editor based in Bologna, with particular interest in political struggles, Marx, and contemporary critical theory.
Content
Series Foreword / ix
Preface to the English Language Edition / xiii
1 Context and Specificity: The Breeding Ground of Italian Political Operaismo / 1
2 From Quaderni rossi to Piazza Statuto / 21
3 The Trajectory of Classe operaia / 45
4 Operaismo beyond Operaismo / 71
5 A Dog in a Church: Romano Alquati by Guido Borio / 95
6 Returning to the First Principles / 127
Appendix: Beyond Operaismo and So-Called Post-Operaismo / 159
Notes / 187
Bibliography / 201
Preface to the English Language Edition / xiii
1 Context and Specificity: The Breeding Ground of Italian Political Operaismo / 1
2 From Quaderni rossi to Piazza Statuto / 21
3 The Trajectory of Classe operaia / 45
4 Operaismo beyond Operaismo / 71
5 A Dog in a Church: Romano Alquati by Guido Borio / 95
6 Returning to the First Principles / 127
Appendix: Beyond Operaismo and So-Called Post-Operaismo / 159
Notes / 187
Bibliography / 201