{"product_id":"empire-by-michael-hardt-9780674006713","title":"Empire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImperialism as we knew it may be no more, but \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e is alive and well. It is, as \u003cb\u003eMichael Hardt\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAntonio Negri\u003c\/b\u003e demonstrate in this bold work, the new political order of globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is easy to recognize the contemporary economic, cultural, and legal transformations taking place across the globe but difficult to understand them. Hardt and Negri contend that they should be seen in line with our historical understanding of Empire as a universal order that accepts no boundaries or limits. Their book shows how this emerging Empire is fundamentally different from the imperialism of European dominance and capitalist expansion in previous eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRather, today's Empire draws on elements of U.S. constitutionalism, with its tradition of hybrid identities and expanding frontiers. \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation, and people. Hardt and Negri link this philosophical transformation to cultural and economic changes in postmodern society—to new forms of racism, new conceptions of identity and difference, new networks of communication and control, and new paths of migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey also show how the power of transnational corporations and the increasing predominance of postindustrial forms of labour and production help to define the new imperial global order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than analysis, \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e is also an unabashedly utopian work of political philosophy, a new \u003ci\u003eCommunist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. Looking beyond the regimes of exploitation and control that characterise today's world order, it seeks an alternative political paradigm—the basis for a truly democratic global society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470517420268,"sku":"9780674006713","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674006713-empire.jpg?v=1775220670","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/empire-by-michael-hardt-9780674006713","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}