This collection of essays is the first of its kind in English on the work of Antonio Negri, the Italian philosopher and political theorist. The spectacular success of Empire, Negris Subversive Spinoza was published in 2004 by Manchester University Press. Abdul-Karim Mustapha is currently at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. He is on the editorial board of Rethinking Marxism. Antonio Negri is an Italian philosopher, writer and independent researcher. Among his numerous publications are The Politics of Subversion: A Manifesto for the 21st Century , The Labour of Dionysos: A Critique of a State-Form and, together with Michael Hardt, Empire.