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The World Social Forum at Porto Alegre has become symbolic of the forces beginning to shape a front of common resistance to the pattern of imperial globalization. Yet its character & composition remain little understood. Michael Hardt analyzes the debates within it, & their political potential. Adapted from the source document.

Despite the recent emphasis on civil society as an engine for transforming the political & social arenas, it is questionable whether the foundations necessary for the creation & maintenance of civil society are present in contemporary social formations. In fact, the requisites for creating civil society have been steadily undermined in Europe, North America, & elsewhere in the recent past. Today's society is properly understood as a post-civil society. The social networks & forms of cooperation embedded in contemporary social practices could prove to be the source of a new movement, with new forms of exchange & a new concept of liberation. 32 References. A. Funderburg

Despite the recent emphasis on civil society as an engine for transforming the political & social arenas, it is questionable whether the foundations necessary for the creation & maintenance of civil society are present in contemporary social formations. In fact, the requisites for creating civil society have been steadily undermined in Europe, North America, & elsewhere in the recent past. Today's society is properly understood as a post-civil society. The social networks & forms of cooperation embedded in contemporary social practices could prove to be the source of a new movement, with new forms of exchange & a new concept of liberation. 32 References. A. Funderburg

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART 1. THE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE PRESENT -- PART 2. PASSAGES OF SOVEREIGNTY -- INTERMEZZO. COUNTER-EMPIRE -- PART 3. PASSAGES OF PRODUCTION -- PART 4. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF EMPIRE -- NOTES -- INDEX