Wells, Robert:
The Multitude : Ambivalence and Antagonism

In: Rethinking Marxism 26, 2,3 (2014), 239-251

Mention of Spinoza: s. Kommentar/commentary

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Philosophy of politics and law, Reception history, Materialism / Marxism
Subject (individuals): Hardt, Michael ; Negri, Antonio ; Virno, Paolo

English commentary: "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" (abstract).

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