Constitutive Communications and the Shimmering Project of the Multitude

• Published in: The Journal of communication inquiry Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 370 - 377
• Main Author: Wolfson, Todd
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2011; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Capitalism; Communication; Democracy; Hardt, Michael (1960- ); Negri, Antonio (1933- ); Political Communication; Political Power; Politics; Social Class; Social Movements; social movements; communications; class; democracy; EZLN

In Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (2004), Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri analyze the major shifts in the inner workings of capitalism and class that have taken place across the last forty years. Building on these global transformations they offer a compelling vision for a new pol...