PHILOSOPHER

Antonio Negri

1933 - 2023

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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. 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 highly influential books, including Empire and Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, urging "revolutionary consciousness." Negri was accused in the late 1970s of 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 718,908 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Antonio Negri is the 275th most popular philosopher (up from 398th in 2019), the 740th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,139th in 2019) and the 24th 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.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Antonio Negri ranks 275 out of 1,267. Before him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Panaetius, Epimenides, Jacques Maritain, Heraclides Ponticus, and Alcmaeon of Croton. After him are Pherecydes of Syros, Priscus, Sri Aurobindo, Euclid of Megara, Celsus, and Cleobulus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Antonio Negri ranks 37. Before him are Bernardo Provenzano, Kim Novak, Quincy Jones, Costa-Gavras, Álvaro Siza Vieira, and John Barry. After him are Gene Wilder, Richard R. Ernst, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Samora Machel, Steven Weinberg, and Oliver Sacks. Among people deceased in 2023, Antonio Negri ranks 40. Before him are Carlos Saura, Harry Belafonte, Robert Solow, László Sólyom, Renata Scotto, and Matthew Perry. After him are William Friedkin, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Paul Berg, Wolfgang Schäuble, Martin Amis, and Karel Schwarzenberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Negri ranks 740 out of 5,161. Before him are Guarino Guarini (1624), Maria Luisa of Savoy (1688), Pope Eusebius (250), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474), and Margherita of Savoy (1851). After him are Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Pope Leo VI (914), Pope Vigilius (500), Joachim of Fiore (1135), Pope Felix IV (480), and Poliziano (1454).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Antonio Negri ranks 24. Before him are Benedetto Croce (1866), Julius Evola (1898), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Theano (-600), and Alcmaeon of Croton (-510). After him are Giovanni Gentile (1875), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Aristoxenus (-360), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), and Pietro Pomponazzi (1462).

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