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Antonio Negri
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Italian political philosopher (1933–2023)
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Antonio Negri was an Italian philosopher, politician, economist, and sociologist born in Padua in 1933. He was educated at the University of Padua and the École Normale Supérieure. His professional career included positions at Duke University, Paris 8 University, the Collège international de philosophie, and the University of Padua. He worked in Rome, Paris, and Padua.
Negri was a member of the Radical Party, Potere Operaio, Autonomia Operaia, the Italian Socialist Party, and Azione Cattolica. He was associated with the autonomism movement and worked in political philosophy, class struggle, globalization, and the commons. His notable works include *Empire*, *In Gondoleta*, *Multitude*, *Demokratie!*, *Assembly*, and *Story of a Communist*. He was influenced by Benedictus de Spinoza, Karl Marx, Gilles Deleuze, and Michel Foucault.
Negri spoke Italian and French and identified as an atheist. He died in Villejuif, Paris, on December 16, 2023.
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- Works
- 60
Top works
- L'indicatore delle leggi ed ordinazioni dall'anno 1796 a tutto il 1834 nei rapporti giudiziarii pel regno Lombardo-Veneto
- In Gondoleta
- Multitude
- Demokratie!
- Assembly
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1933-08-01 ) 1 August 1933, Padua , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) (aged 90), Paris, France
- Alma mater
- University of Padua Istituto italiano per gli studi storici [ it ]
- Academic advisor
- Umberto Antonio Padovani [ it ]
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy Autonomist Marxism
- Institutions
- University of Padua University of Paris VIII University of Paris VII École Normale Supérieure CIPh
- Main interests
- Political philosophy class conflict globalization commons biopolitics
- Notable ideas
- Philosophy of globalization multitude theory of Empire constituent power immaterial labour post-Fordism altermodernity refusal of work
- Constituency
- Milan–Pavia
- Party
- PSI (1956–1963), Potere Operaio (1967–1973), Autonomia Operaia (1976–1978), PR (1983–1987)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Padua
- Place of death
- Villejuif
- Occupation
- criminal
- Educated at
- University of Padua
- Employer
- University of Padua
- Political party
- Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Italian
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- Empire
- Field of work
- biopolitics
- Movement
- autonomism
- Image
- Antonio Negri (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Padua
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- date of birth
- 1933-08-01
- influenced by
- Benedictus de Spinoza
- name in native language
- Antonio Negri
- Commons category
- Toni Negri
- date of death
- 2023-12-16
- member of
- Azione Cattolica
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Antonio Negri, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Antonio Negri (/ˈnɛɡri/; Italian: [ˈneːɡri]; 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.
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. On 7 April 1979, Negri was arrested and charged with a number of crimes, including the Moro murder. Most charges were quickly dropped, but in 1984, having fled to France, he was sentenced in absentia to 30 years in prison. He was given an additional four years on the charge of being morally responsible for the violence of political activists in the 1960s and 1970s. The question of Negri's involvement with left-wing extremism is a controversial subject. He was indicted on a number of charges, including "association and insurrection against the state" (a charge which was later dropped), and sentenced for involvement in two murders.
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