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zurvanite's review against another edition
2.0
[b:Postscript on the Societies of Control|19499462|Postscript on the Societies of Control|Gilles Deleuze|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387200756l/19499462._SX50_.jpg|27613127] but 100 times longer
beccabeccalee's review against another edition
Clever and clearer than Foucault. This jab at contemporary biopolitics is smart but a little world-wearying. I'm still not sure how I'm supposed to stage a Counter-Empire...
jacoboner's review against another edition
4.0
Aslında birşeyleri yorumlarken, bilindik,tanıdık veya klişe kavramları kullandığımızda pek etki etmediğini görebiliyoruz.Yani her taşın altından emperyalist bir Amerika'yı çıkarmak, yorumdan sayılmaz oldu.Çünkü bu nasıl bir emperyalist güçtür ki, evimize hatta yatak odamıza kadar işlesin bizi engellesin, birazda yaşamdaki mutluluklarımız veya kaygılarmızda buna dahil etmeliyiz.
Böylelikle mutlaka bunu bir sistematik işleyişi vardır.Hatta neden-sonuç ekseninde büyükler ve küçükler zorunlu bir şekilde bu sistematiğin işleyişini sağlamak zorundalar.İşte bu kitap Hardt ve Negri'nin üzerinde çok çalıştıkları ve ismine de imparatorluk dedikleri sistemi tüm dayanak ve yaptırımlarıyla gözler önününe sermekteler.Global kavramını içi dolu ve derinliğine kadar öğrenmek istiyorsanız bu kitabı tavsiye ederim.Ayrıca bu kitabı okuduğunuzda devamı niteliğinde olan [b:Çokluk: İmparatorluk Çağında Savaş ve Demokrasi|7357146|Çokluk İmparatorluk Çağında Savaş ve Demokrasi|Michael Hardt|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1261192744s/7357146.jpg|418722] ile de taçlandırabilirsiniz.
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Böylelikle mutlaka bunu bir sistematik işleyişi vardır.Hatta neden-sonuç ekseninde büyükler ve küçükler zorunlu bir şekilde bu sistematiğin işleyişini sağlamak zorundalar.İşte bu kitap Hardt ve Negri'nin üzerinde çok çalıştıkları ve ismine de imparatorluk dedikleri sistemi tüm dayanak ve yaptırımlarıyla gözler önününe sermekteler.Global kavramını içi dolu ve derinliğine kadar öğrenmek istiyorsanız bu kitabı tavsiye ederim.Ayrıca bu kitabı okuduğunuzda devamı niteliğinde olan [b:Çokluk: İmparatorluk Çağında Savaş ve Demokrasi|7357146|Çokluk İmparatorluk Çağında Savaş ve Demokrasi|Michael Hardt|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1261192744s/7357146.jpg|418722] ile de taçlandırabilirsiniz.
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ckehoe79's review against another edition
3.0
A very difficult read....I think it was about the Communist explication of Empire and its effect on the multitude. I think they like to hear themselves talk or see themselves write. Incredibly verbose, it was difficult to keep it all straight in my head. That said, if you are so inclined to the Left, or Communism in particular, then this book is for you.
tallahasseefloyd's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Theoretically dense and often repetitive but the core ideas are valuable
alexander0's review against another edition
3.0
This book is a patchwork of theories that have been synthesized at a blistering pace. What makes this masterful is that it does so in a way that enlightens us to a new paradigm of governance, power, and economy. The downside of this is that there are so many open questions and ways in which this book does not deal well with someone on the look out for paradoxes in theories that are suddenly mashed together. This book is not a functioning body; it's an undead, unawakened Frankenstein.
I can use this book for talking points, or hypothetical starting points for research, but I'm more likely to pull from _The Stack_ and affiliated work for my field. There has since been a lot of work which is more consistent about facets of this book.
I can use this book for talking points, or hypothetical starting points for research, but I'm more likely to pull from _The Stack_ and affiliated work for my field. There has since been a lot of work which is more consistent about facets of this book.
lukescalone's review against another edition
1.0
Absolutely brutal read. Works through centuries of Western philosophy and tries to portray the modern, globalized world as "Empire," a seemingly totalitarian structure of global capitalism. I disagree with their conclusions and find that there has not been as significant of a paradigm shift as Hardt and Negri argue. At times, the neo-Marxist jargon is so difficult and vague that the work overall feels weak.
Moreover, there are no people in the book, with the exception of the "multitude" (whatever that means). There are no places, only structures. As such, the book is not rooted in material realities, but abstraction. It is unverifiable and there is little in the way of primary sources to go back and check the authors' work, with the exception of philosophical texts.
Although this book generated considerable discussion in the early noughties, this is one text that does not seem capable of ensuring lasting value. It tries to interact with history, politics, anthropology, economics, and more, but subverts the methodologies of all of those fields. I guess we can throw this one into the "dustbin of history."
Moreover, there are no people in the book, with the exception of the "multitude" (whatever that means). There are no places, only structures. As such, the book is not rooted in material realities, but abstraction. It is unverifiable and there is little in the way of primary sources to go back and check the authors' work, with the exception of philosophical texts.
Although this book generated considerable discussion in the early noughties, this is one text that does not seem capable of ensuring lasting value. It tries to interact with history, politics, anthropology, economics, and more, but subverts the methodologies of all of those fields. I guess we can throw this one into the "dustbin of history."
heavenlyspit's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
milkbadger's review against another edition
3.0
My friend N__ brought this book to my attention. I'm glad he did, although the going was tough at times. Writing from a neo-Marxist perspective, the authors primarily address themselves to the anti-globalization left and argue that many of the movement's goals are not only futile but also misplaced. The book has many illuminating passages, but it suffers frequently from the grandiose abstraction and over-intellectualizing unchecked by hard economic and philosophical analysis that is stereotypical of "critical theory".