[lbo-talk] Hardt/Negri's Commonwealth as reviewed in WSJ

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 9 12:37:54 PDT 2009


At 12:26 PM 10/9/2009, Alan Rudy wrote:


>I think Hardt and Negri - some caveats aside -
>do as well. Yes, technology and informatics have changed industrial and
>market structures, and even some/many aspects of politics, but the idea that
>there's been the kind of qualitative change that would suggest we redefine
>politics away from class, etc., towards a multitude radically overstates
>contemporary conditions.

Let's say that's true. There's still something about the work they're doing that gets the attention of the Wall Street Journal and Artforum and I think there's something to be said for that.

Some people had trouble with the Verso Communist Manifesto tie-in with Macy's or whatever department store it was but I thought it was a good idea.



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