Abstract: Ambivalence and antagonism are constitutive of the multitude and its relations. Such attributes tend to complicate how the multitude is conceived and how it operates; these complications, in turn, often lead to inconsistencies and contradictions in terms of the multitude's signification and application. This article argues that the various complications that arise specifically with respect to ambivalence, antagonism, and the multitude—primarily in the works of the contemporary postautonomist thinkers Paolo Virno, Antonio Negri, and Michael Hardt—need to be reformulated, not removed. It also genealogically traces ambivalence and antagonism back to Spinoza's initial conceptions of the multitude.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-04-03
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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