{"product_id":"italian-operaismo-isbn-9780262047920","title":"Italian Operaismo","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn accessible, introductory presentation of \u003ci\u003eoperaismo\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most important revolutionary theories and praxes of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOperaismo\u003c\/i\u003e is a Machiavellian return to first principles: it is a return to Marx against Marxism, against its tradition of determinism, historicism, and objectivism. Operaismo isn’t a heresy \u003ci\u003ewithin \u003c\/i\u003ethe Marxist family, it is a rupture \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e that family.”—extract from \u003ci\u003eItalian Operaismo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis accessible, introductory presentation of \u003ci\u003eoperaismo\u003c\/i\u003e (or “workerism” in English) arms readers with a deeper understanding of the concepts, context, and history of one of the most important revolutionary theories and praxes of the twentieth century. While the ideas of some of its proponents—above all, Antonio Negri—have circulated widely in the English-speaking world over the past twenty years, rather less is known about the context from which (and against which) these perspectives originally emerged. Gigi Roggero here introduces that broader workerist project, and examines how its various analyses of modern social structures, and the possibility for changing them, related to a potent social movement in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItalian Operaismo \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a clear overview of the central moments in that tendency’s development—from the Italian labor movement’s crisis of direction in the 1950s, the encounter with the “new forces” within the working class at FIAT and elsewhere in the early 1960s, and the political journals \u003ci\u003eQuaderni rossi \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eClasse operaia\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto the experience of Potere Operaio\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand other organizations a decade later. For readers more familiar with this story, the book provides a rereading of operaismo that is both salutary and provocative, one that stresses above all the role within it of subjectivity and political engagement, demonstrating the continued relevance of its subversive method as a tool for reworking the categories of radical and revolutionary thought.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book will serve as a compact, essential work on how to go about eliminating the gap between theory and practice.Series Foreword \/ ix\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the English Language Edition \/ xiii\u003cbr\u003e1 Context and Specificity: The Breeding Ground of Italian Political Operaismo \/ 1\u003cbr\u003e2 From \u003ci\u003eQuaderni rossi \u003c\/i\u003eto Piazza Statuto \/ 21\u003cbr\u003e3 The Trajectory of \u003ci\u003eClasse operaia \u003c\/i\u003e\/ 45\u003cbr\u003e4 Operaismo beyond Operaismo \/ 71\u003cbr\u003e5 A Dog in a Church: Romano Alquati by Guido Borio \/ 95\u003cbr\u003e6 Returning to the First Principles \/ 127\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Beyond Operaismo and So-Called Post-Operaismo \/ 159\u003cbr\u003eNotes \/ 187\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \/ 201“In sharp, clear prose, Gigi Roggero draws out the inherently political, partisan dimension of \u003ci\u003eoperaismo\u003c\/i\u003e. In doing so, he demonstrates how and why a critical engagement with \u003ci\u003eoperaismo\u003c\/i\u003e continues to matter for all those seeking to abolish the present state of things.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Steve Wright, author of \u003ci\u003eStorming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGigi Roggero is a militant researcher, part of the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eMachina\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCommonware\u003c\/i\u003e, and director of DeriveApprodi’s Input series. Among his various books and essays, he is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Production of Living Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFuturo anteriore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGli operaisti\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElogio della militanza\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIl treno contro la Storia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eClara Pope is a translator and editor based in Bologna, with particular interest in political struggles, Marx, and contemporary critical theory.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304241713381,"sku":"NP9780262047920","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262047920.jpg?v=1767730248","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/italian-operaismo-isbn-9780262047920","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}