Paolo Virno
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| - | '''Carl Schmitt''' (11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a [[Germany|German]] [[philosopher]], [[jurist]], [[political theorist]], and professor of law. | ||
| - | Schmitt published several essays, influential in the 20th century and beyond, on the mentalities that surround the effective wielding of political power. His ideas have attracted the attention of numerous philosophers and political theorists, including [[Walter Benjamin]], [[Leo Strauss]], [[Jacques Derrida]], [[Étienne Balibar]], [[Hannah Arendt]], [[Giorgio Agamben]], [[Antonio Negri]], [[Gianfranco Miglio]], [[Paolo Virno]], [[Slavoj Žižek]], [[Alain Badiou]], [[Jacob Taubes]], [[Gillian Rose]], [[Chantal Mouffe]], [[Eric Voegelin]], [[Reinhart Koselleck]], [[Álvaro d'Ors]], [[Ernst Jünger]], [[Alain de Benoist]], and [[Paul Gottfried]]. Much of his work, especially from the Weimar period, remains both influential and controversial today. | + | '''Paolo Virno''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɜr|n|oʊ}}; {{IPA-it|ˈvirno|lang}}; born 1952) is an Italian [[philosopher]], [[Semiotics|semiologist]] and a figurehead for the Italian [[Marxism|Marxist]] movement. Implicated in belonging to illegal social movements during the 1960s and 1970s, Virno was arrested and jailed in 1979, accused of belonging to the [[Red Brigades]]. He spent several years in prison before finally being acquitted, after which he organized the publication ''[[Luogo Comune]]'' ([[Italian language|Italian]] for "[[wikt:commonplace|commonplace]]") in order to vocalize the political ideas he developed during his imprisonment. Virno currently teaches philosophy at the [[Roma Tre University|University of Rome]]. |
| + | ==Biography== | ||
| + | Virno was born in [[Naples]], but spent his childhood and adolescence in Genoa. He had his first [[political]] experiences when joining the social movements of 1968—the association between personal fulfillment and [[anti-capitalism]], typical of the ''[[critique artiste]]'' of the 1960s, which then constituted one of the key reasons for his political philosophy. He moved to [[Rome]] with his family at the beginning of the 1970s, where he studied [[philosophy]] in [[university]]. | ||
| + | Simultaneously, Virno was involved in the [[Labor movement|labour]] movement and campaigned in the organization ''[[Potere Operaio]],'' a Marxist group involved in the recruitment and mobilization of industrial workers. ''Potere Operaio,'' unlike political [[communists]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]] who sought to combine the student bodies with the workers' unions, focused mainly on factory and industrial workers in a program stemming from [[Karl Marx|Marx's]] theory criticising the organization of work. Virno participated in the movement, organizing protests and strikes in northern Italian factories, until its dissolution in 1973. | ||
| - | == See also == | + | In 1977 Virno presented his [[doctoral thesis]] on the concept of [[employment|work]] and the theory of [[consciousness]] of [[Theodor Adorno]], while actively participating in the [[movement of 1977]], which organized around the precariousness of workers. The Metropolitan magazine, which he founded along with [[Oreste Scalzone]] and [[Franco Piperno]], was revered as the body of the intellectual movement at the time. Two years later, the editorial board of Metropolitan France was jailed on charges of belonging to the [[Red Brigades]]. |
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| - | * [[Streitbare Demokratie]] | + | |
| - | * [[The Concept of the Political]] | + | |
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Paolo Virno (Template:IPAc-en; Template:IPA-it; born 1952) is an Italian philosopher, semiologist and a figurehead for the Italian Marxist movement. Implicated in belonging to illegal social movements during the 1960s and 1970s, Virno was arrested and jailed in 1979, accused of belonging to the Red Brigades. He spent several years in prison before finally being acquitted, after which he organized the publication Luogo Comune (Italian for "commonplace") in order to vocalize the political ideas he developed during his imprisonment. Virno currently teaches philosophy at the University of Rome.
Biography
Virno was born in Naples, but spent his childhood and adolescence in Genoa. He had his first political experiences when joining the social movements of 1968—the association between personal fulfillment and anti-capitalism, typical of the critique artiste of the 1960s, which then constituted one of the key reasons for his political philosophy. He moved to Rome with his family at the beginning of the 1970s, where he studied philosophy in university.
Simultaneously, Virno was involved in the labour movement and campaigned in the organization Potere Operaio, a Marxist group involved in the recruitment and mobilization of industrial workers. Potere Operaio, unlike political communists of the Soviet Union and China who sought to combine the student bodies with the workers' unions, focused mainly on factory and industrial workers in a program stemming from Marx's theory criticising the organization of work. Virno participated in the movement, organizing protests and strikes in northern Italian factories, until its dissolution in 1973.
In 1977 Virno presented his doctoral thesis on the concept of work and the theory of consciousness of Theodor Adorno, while actively participating in the movement of 1977, which organized around the precariousness of workers. The Metropolitan magazine, which he founded along with Oreste Scalzone and Franco Piperno, was revered as the body of the intellectual movement at the time. Two years later, the editorial board of Metropolitan France was jailed on charges of belonging to the Red Brigades.
