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Key FactsAntonio Negri, Renowned Philosopher and Author, Passes Away at 90
Dec 22, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- He became famous twice: first in 1979, for his incarceration related to the murder of a former Italian premier, and then 20 years later, for his influential book 'Empire'.
- Antonio Negri, depicted on the right, with dark curly hair and glasses.
- Following a four-year imprisonment without trial on charges linked to the murder of the former Italian premier Aldo Moro, Mr. Negri faced accusations of two additional murders and authoring seditious material.
- 'Empire' (2000), co-authored with Michael Hardt, a literature professor at Duke University, provided a compelling Marxist interpretation of globalization post-Cold War, resonating with a new generation of progressives.