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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra, Kochi
041			_aEnglish
082			_a335.4092 _bNEG/ST
100			_aNegri, Antonio
245			_aSTORY OF A COMMUNIST
250			_a1
260			_aNew York _bEris _c2024
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500			_aThe philosopher Antonio Negri was one of the preeminent thinkers of our time: his writings on class, socialism, and empire have had an enormous influence on contemporary political theory. His political activism and outspoken advocacy for the downtrodden also placed him at the centre of some of the most dramatic developments in recent Italian history. Story of a Communist―the first volume of Negri’s three-part autobiography―gives a riveting account of his intellectual development and of the price he paid for living out his ideals. Negri paints a vivid portrait of the ferment in which some of his most important arguments and ideas took shape, and he provides crucial context for an understanding of the operaismo movement and of the influence that it continues to exert. Story of a Communist is also a very personal work, however: it is a compelling and often moving narrative of a childhood overshadowed by fascism, and of the ways in which Negri’s later political interventions were shaped by his profoundly important relationships with comrades and collaborators. This first volume traces the author’s involvement with left-wing politics in the post-war period, recounting in fascinating detail his efforts to marry together his early intellectual work with his commitment to militant labour activism. It also provides an indispensable ground-level perspective on the increasingly repressive measures taken by the Italian government in response to the social movements 1960s and ‘70s, with the narrative culminating in a gripping description of Negri’s own arrest in 1979 for alleged involvement in terrorist activities. This is, in short, a powerful record of an extraordinary life, and of the historical forces that shaped it.
650			_aCommunism Italy History 20th century
650			_aCommunists Italy Biography
650			_aNegri, Antonio, 1933
650			_aPhilosophy, Marxist Italy History 20th century
700			_aMichele, Girolamo De (ed.) _aEmery Ed (tr.)
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999			_c195576 _d195576