In their international
bestseller Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri presented a
grand unified vision of a world in which the old forms of imperialism
are no longer effective. But what of Empire in an age of “American
empire”? Has fear become our permanent condition and democracy an
impossible dream? Such pessimism is profoundly mistaken, the authors
argue. Empire, by interconnecting more areas of life, is actually
creating the possibility for a new kind of democracy, allowing
different groups to form a multitude, with the power to forge a
democratic alternative to the present world order. Exhilarating in
its optimism and depth of insight, Multitude consolidates
Hardt and Negri’s stature as two of the most important political
philosophers at work in the world today.
