PHILOSOPHER

Antonio Negri

1933 - 2023

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Antonio Negri (; 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, urging "revolutionary consciousness." 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Negri is the 348th most popular philosopher (down from 275th in 2019), the 1,001st most popular biography from Italy (down from 740th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Antonio Negri is most famous for his work on the theory of "biopolitics," which he developed with Michael Hardt. Biopolitics is a form of power that operates through the control of life itself, and is exercised by the state, corporations, and other institutions.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Antonio Negri ranks 348 out of 1,267. Before him are Nachmanides, David Strauss, Louis Couturat, Rudolf Otto, Anne Sullivan, and Justus Lipsius. After him are Crates of Thebes, Pompeia Plotina, Aristoxenus, Robert Nozick, Hermann Cohen, and Günther Anders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Antonio Negri ranks 53. Before him are Samora Machel, John Hopfield, Gian Maria Volonté, Gene Wilder, Lee Radziwill, and Charles K. Kao. After him are John Barry, Jerzy Grotowski, Jayne Mansfield, Ali Shariati, Stanley Milgram, and Sylva Koscina. Among people deceased in 2023, Antonio Negri ranks 47. Before him are Pervez Musharraf, Alan Arkin, Ben Ferencz, Li Keqiang, Ray Stevenson, and Lucile Randon. After him are Ferid Murad, Wolfgang Schäuble, Tony Bennett, Lisa Marie Presley, Robert Solow, and Ivan Silayev.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Negri ranks 1,001 out of 5,161. Before him are Vittorio Monti (1868), Lorenzo Costa (1460), Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500), Cesare Pavese (1908), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), and Adelaide of Austria (1822). After him are Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Gerard of Cremona (1114), Daniele da Volterra (1509), Hormizd I (250), and Umberto Giordano (1867).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Antonio Negri ranks 27. Before him are Benedetto Croce (1866), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), and Giovanni Gentile (1875). After him are Aristoxenus (-360), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Lucilio Vanini (1585), and Brunetto Latini (1220).

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