Antonio Negri: Beyond the public sphere. Towards the common

Описание: Lecture by prof. Antonio Negri.

Moderation and introduction: dr Ewa Majewska (ICI Berlin), Mikołaj Ratajczak (SNS PAN/ Praktyka Teoretyczna), Igor Stokfiszewski (Krytyka Polityczna).

Antonio Negri is an Italian Marxist sociologist, scholar, revolutionary philosopher and teacher. He is most well known for his groundbreaking work Empire, which was wrote with Michael Hardt. Antonio Negri is influenced in great part by Karl Marx and Benedict Baruch Spinoza. Antonio Negri was a founder of the group, Potere Operaio (Worker Power), in 1969 and was an active member in the group Autonomia Operaia. Antonio Negri was arrested in 1979 due to his relation with the Autonomy Movement. While in prison in 1983, only four years after his arrest while he was still awaiting trial, Negri was elected to the Italian legislature with the Radical Party. He was then temporarily released and escaped to France for 14 years. While in France Antonio Negri taught philosophy courses at the Université de Paris VIII (Saint Denis) and the Collège International de Philosophie, which was founded by Jacques Derrida. During his stay in France, Antonio Negri was active amongst intellectuals. In 1997 he returned to Italy to serve the end of his sentence, he remained imprisoned for another six years. Many of his most influential books were published while he was behind bars. He now lives between Venice and Paris.

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Lecture „Beyond the Public Sphere. Towards the Common” by prof. Antonio Negri is co-organised by Krytyka Polityczna in the framework of international cycle of debates „Challenges to Europe’s key values, and the Future of Europe” in collaboration with Time to Talk Houses for Debate European Network.