Imperialism as we knew it may be no more, but Empire is alive and
well. It is, as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri demonstrate in this
bold work, the new political order of globalization. It is easy to
recognize the contemporary economic, cultural, and legal
transformations taking place across the globe but difficult to
understand them. Hardt and Negri contend that they should be seen
in line with our historical understanding of Empire as a universal
order that accepts no boundaries or limits. Their book shows how
this emerging Empire is fundamentally different from the
imperialism of European dominance and capitalist expansion in
previous eras. Rather, today's Empire draws on elements of U.S.
constitutionalism, with its tradition of hybrid identities and
expanding frontiers.
"Empire" identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the
philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as
sovereignty, nation, and people. Hardt and Negri link this
philosophical transformation to cultural and economic changes in
postmodern society--to new forms of racism, new conceptions of
identity and difference, new networks of communication and control,
and new paths of migration. They also show how the power of
transnational corporations and the increasing predominance of
postindustrial forms of labor and production help to define the new
imperial global order.
More than analysis, "Empire" is also an unabashedly utopian
work of political philosophy, a new "Communist Manifesto," Looking
beyond the regimes of exploitation and control that characterize
today's world order, it seeks an alternative political
paradigm--the basis for a truly democratic global society.
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