Antonio Negri

Antonio Negri

Antonio Negri (1 August 1933 – 16 December 2023) was an Italian political philosopher known as one of the most prominent theorists of autonomism, as well as for his co-authorship of Empire with Michael Hardt and his work on the philosopher Baruch Spinoza. Born in Padua, Italy, Negri became a professor of political philosophy at the University of Padua, where he taught state and constitutional theory. Negri founded the Potere Operaio (Worker Power) group in 1969 and was a leading member of Autonomia Operaia, and published hugely influential books urging "revolutionary consciousness." Negri was accused in the late 1970s of various charges including being the mastermind of the left-wing urban guerrilla organization Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse or BR), which was involved in the May 1978 kidnapping and murder of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Negri has received more than 679,946 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Negri is the 398th most popular philosopher (down from 361st in 2019), the 1,142nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,021st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Antonio Negri is most famous for his work on the theory of "biopolitics," which he developed with Michael Hardt. Biopolitics is a form of power that operates through the control of life itself, and is exercised by the state, corporations, and other institutions.