{"product_id":"debating-empire-paperback","title":"Debating Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGopal Balakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStanley Aronowitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eGiovanni Arrighi\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Hardt and Antonio Negri's book \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e has been hailed as a latter day \u003ci\u003eCommunist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. Its ability to develop a theoretical framework relevant to the current period of global neo-liberalism and international capitalism captured the imagination of the growing anti-capitalist movement and has been claimed as a turning point for the left. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs much as it has seduced and delighted some, however, it has enraged and frustrated others. In this collection, a series of some of the most acute international theorists and commentators of our times subject the book to trenchant and probing analysis from political, economic and philosophical perspectives, and Hardt and Negri respond to their questions and criticisms.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGopal Balakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eDebating \"Empire\"\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Benedict Anderson) \u003ci\u003eMapping the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e editorial board, he teaches Contemporary Theory at the University of California, Santa Cruz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiovanni Arrighi\u003c\/b\u003e (1937-2009) was Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Long Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAdam Smith in Beijing\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Beverly Silver, \u003ci\u003eChaos and Governance in the Modern World System\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e--who published an interview on his life-long intellectual trajectory in March-April 2009, and an obituary in Nov-Dec 2009--and there are more accounts on his memorial website. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Brennan \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of comparative literature, cultural studies, and English at the University of Minnesota. His books include \u003ci\u003eAt Home in the World: Cosmopolitanism Now\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eWars of Position: The Cultural Politics of the Left and Right\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes for a number of journals, including \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Bull\u003c\/b\u003e is a theorist and art historian who teaches at Oxford. His books include \u003ci\u003eSeeing Things Hidden, The Mirror of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnti-Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e. He is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and writes for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Gindin\u003c\/b\u003e is the former Research Director of the Canadian Autoworkers Union and Packer Visiting Chair in Social Justice at York University. Among his many publications, he is the author (with Greg Albo and Leo Panitch) of\u003ci\u003e In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Panitch\u003c\/b\u003e is Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University. Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Socialist Register\u003c\/i\u003e for 25 years, his many books include \u003ci\u003eWorking Class Politics in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Different Kind of State\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Parliamentary Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Empire and The Political Economy of Global Finance\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Meiksins Wood, \u003c\/b\u003e for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Against Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003eand, with Verso, \u003ci\u003eThe Pristine Culture of Capitalism, The Origin of Capitalism, Peasant-Citizen and Slave, Citizens to Lords, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Capital \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiberty and Property\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.72 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47356082815225,"sku":"9781859844526","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FJAEJhRh-j9781859844526.webp?v=1769858619","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/debating-empire-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}