{"product_id":"factory-of-strategy-thirty-three-lessons-on-lenin-9780231146838","title":"Factory of Strategy: Thirty-Three Lessons on Lenin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFactory of Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e is the last of Antonio Negri's major political works to be translated into English. Rigorous and accessible, it is both a systematic inquiry into the development of Lenin's thought and an encapsulation of a critical shift in Negri's theoretical trajectory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLenin is the only prominent politician of the modern era to seriously question the \"withering away\" and \"extinction\" of the state, and like Marx, he recognized the link between capitalism and modern sovereignty and the need to destroy capitalism and reconfigure the state. Negri refrains from portraying Lenin as a ferocious dictator enforcing the proletariat's reappropriation of wealth, nor does he depict him as a mere military tool of a vanguard opposed to the Ancien Régime. Negri instead champions Leninism's ability to adapt to different working-class configurations in Russia, China, Latin America, and elsewhere. He argues that Lenin developed a new political figuration in and beyond modernity and an effective organization capable of absorbing different historical conditions. He ultimately urges readers to recognize the universal application of Leninism today and its potential to institutionally--not anarchically--dismantle centralized power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Negri has taught political philosophy at the University of Padua, the University of Vincennes, and the College Internationale de Philosophie. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Subversion: A Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNegri on Negri\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArianna Bove has translated many texts from Italian and French into English. Her work can be found at www.generation-online.org.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844163506450,"sku":"9780231146838","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3505b5d3-be17-48f0-a63c-52721e2ba036.jpg?v=1737312937","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/factory-of-strategy-thirty-three-lessons-on-lenin-9780231146838","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}