Commonwealth

Drawing on scenarios from around the globe and elucidating the themes that unite them, this title focus on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth.

It is certain to appeal to, challenge, and enrich the thinking of anyone interested in questions of politics and globalization.

* Preface: The Becoming-Prince of the Multitude
Part 1. Republic (and the Multitude of the Poor)
*1.1 Republic of Property *1.2 Productive Bodies *1.3 The Multitude of the Poor * De Corpore 1: Biopolitics as Event
Part 2. Modernity (and the Landscapes of Altermodernity)
*2.1 Antimodernity as Resistance *2.2 Ambivalences of Modernity *2.3 Altermodernity * De Homine 1: Biopolitical Reason
Part 3. Capital (and the Struggles over Common Wealth)
*3.1 Metamorphoses of the Composition of Capital *3.2 Class Struggle from Crisis to Exodus *3.3 Kairos of the Multitude * De Singularitate 1: Of Love Possessed
* Intermezzo: A Force to Combat Evil
Part 4. Empire Returns
*4.1 Brief History of a Failed Coup d'Etat *4.2 After U.S. Hegemony *4.3 Genealogy of Rebellion * De Corpore 2: Metropolis
Part 5. Beyond Capital?
*5.1 Terms of the Economic Transition *5.2 What Remains of Capitalism *5.3 Pre-shocks along the Fault Lines * De Homine 2: Cross the Threshold!
Part 6. Revolution
*6.1 Revolutionary Parallelism *6.2 Insurrectional Intersections *6.3 Governing the Revolution * De Singularitate 2: Instituting Happiness
* Notes * Acknowledgments * Index