Empire and Imperialism: A Critical Reading of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Empire and Imperialism: A Critical Reading of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Overview
This is a powerful polemic, in the best sense of the word, against a currently fashionable book. But it is also more than that. Beyond his trenchant engagement with the arguments of Hardt and Negri, Boron offers, in accessible prose, his own insightful and eloquent analysis of today's 'globalized' world and the possibilities of its transformation. The fruitful combination of theoretical rigour and clarity, empirical analysis and political passion is just the kind of thing we need on the left.' - Ellen Meiksins Wood, author of Empire of Capital; 'Atilio Boron mounts a severe, but necessary, criticism of the positions put forward by Hardt and Negri who ... have aligned themselves with the attempt by intelligent rightwingers to neutralize the potential for popular mobilization on the part of movements supportive of a different kind of globalization.' - Samir Amin; 'The scope of this lucid and careful dissection of widely-held beliefs about the emerging world order extends well beyond the influential study that is its immediate target. Boron strips away layer after layer of misunderstanding concerning "old imperialism" and its current variants. He reviews the persistence of the drive to control natural resources, the reliance of transnational firms on a powerful home state, the dangers of avoiding political economy, and much else. He brings out clearly the need for "an adequate social cartography of the field" where an "emancipatory battle" must be waged if it is to have any hope of success. In a critique of common illusions about contemporary society, Boron identifies and stresses the significance of social forces that have emerged and are engaged in the classic struggles that constantly take new forms, but reflect much the same deeper institutional factors and conflicting interests. This valuable study develops an important perspective on present realities and what must be done to carry forward past achievements in emancipation from injustice, oppression, and degradation.' - Noam Chomsky; 'It is highly appropriate that the most trenchant and devastating critique of Hardt and Negri's mistaken and confused notions of a deterritorialized and decentered Empire should have come from one of the most creative and committed socialist intellectuals in the continent that has had the most first-hand experience of the actual workings of American imperialism. Writing in the tradition of - and in the process doing much to revive - the Latin American debates on dependency, neo-colonialism and imperialism of the 1970s, Boron not only confronts Hardt and Negri's abstractions with 'the prosaic Latin American contemporary reality', but subjects their work to a profound theoretical and empirical refutation. Written with exceptional verve and often biting humour, this is a book that especially deserves to be read all those activists who, as Boron aptly notes in the preface to this new English edition, have been influenced by Hardt and Negri's 'severe mistakes of diagnostic and interpretation, which if accepted by the groups and organizations that today are trying to defeat imperialism could become the cause of new and long-lasting defeats.' - Leo Panitch, Co-Editor, The Socialist Register; Canada Research Chair Comparative Political Economy & Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science, York University, Toronto CanadaDescription
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Overview
This is a powerful polemic, in the best sense of the word, against a currently fashionable book. But it is also more than that. Beyond his trenchant engagement with the arguments of Hardt and Negri, Boron offers, in accessible prose, his own insightful and eloquent analysis of today's 'globalized' world and the possibilities of its transformation. The fruitful combination of theoretical rigour and clarity, empirical analysis and political passion is just the kind of thing we need on the left.' - Ellen Meiksins Wood, author of Empire of Capital; 'Atilio Boron mounts a severe, but necessary, criticism of the positions put forward by Hardt and Negri who ... have aligned themselves with the attempt by intelligent rightwingers to neutralize the potential for popular mobilization on the part of movements supportive of a different kind of globalization.' - Samir Amin; 'The scope of this lucid and careful dissection of widely-held beliefs about the emerging world order extends well beyond the influential study that is its immediate target. Boron strips away layer after layer of misunderstanding concerning "old imperialism" and its current variants. He reviews the persistence of the drive to control natural resources, the reliance of transnational firms on a powerful home state, the dangers of avoiding political economy, and much else. He brings out clearly the need for "an adequate social cartography of the field" where an "emancipatory battle" must be waged if it is to have any hope of success. In a critique of common illusions about contemporary society, Boron identifies and stresses the significance of social forces that have emerged and are engaged in the classic struggles that constantly take new forms, but reflect much the same deeper institutional factors and conflicting interests. This valuable study develops an important perspective on present realities and what must be done to carry forward past achievements in emancipation from injustice, oppression, and degradation.' - Noam Chomsky; 'It is highly appropriate that the most trenchant and devastating critique of Hardt and Negri's mistaken and confused notions of a deterritorialized and decentered Empire should have come from one of the most creative and committed socialist intellectuals in the continent that has had the most first-hand experience of the actual workings of American imperialism. Writing in the tradition of - and in the process doing much to revive - the Latin American debates on dependency, neo-colonialism and imperialism of the 1970s, Boron not only confronts Hardt and Negri's abstractions with 'the prosaic Latin American contemporary reality', but subjects their work to a profound theoretical and empirical refutation. Written with exceptional verve and often biting humour, this is a book that especially deserves to be read all those activists who, as Boron aptly notes in the preface to this new English edition, have been influenced by Hardt and Negri's 'severe mistakes of diagnostic and interpretation, which if accepted by the groups and organizations that today are trying to defeat imperialism could become the cause of new and long-lasting defeats.' - Leo Panitch, Co-Editor, The Socialist Register; Canada Research Chair Comparative Political Economy & Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science, York University, Toronto CanadaDescription
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To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Additional non-returnable items:
- Gift cards
- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
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Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.
Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.
If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:
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