Hardtov i Negrijev Imperij
In: Politicka misao, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 110-128
Using Foucault's analyses as their starting point, Hardt & Negri recognize Empire as the political subject that regulates global exchanges not only in the form of the material constitution of the new planetary order, but also in the form of creating a new social life. Its targets are all forms of human interactions, which makes Empire the paradigmatic form of biopower. The paradigm shift that is taking place in the world's economic & political order announces the decline of the modern theories of power. The binary structure of power can no longer exist in the reality of multiple & interconnected networks that support the political synthesis of social space in the field of virtual communication. The project of Empire, a global project of network power, is entirely virtual, boundless, & flexible, & its identities are hybrid & fluid. The author suggests that, by bringing the crisis of capitalism to its apex, the global project ultimately reduces the "Self" to the "Voice," which results in a call to act. The environment in which the Self realizes itself in the information society includes global networks & computer-mediated communication, creating a wide range of virtual communities imposing a new type of logic -- the network logic. In the new network landscape, information technologies, including the Internet, provide a technical support for a greater justice & equality on virtual highways, thus bringing recognition to the voice of the individual. 45 References. Adapted from the source document.