Commented Bibliography (Extended):

- Boron, Atilio A.: Empire & Imperialism. A Critical Reading of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, translated by Jessica Casiro, London / New York: Zed Books, 2005
A critical approach to “Empire” arguing that we are still in the age of Imperialism
- Flood, Andrew: Is the emperor wearing clothes? March 2002, Online: http://struggle.ws/andrew/empirereview.html
A critical anarchist review of “Empire”, which can provide a good introduction into “Empire”, although the author seems to underestimate the book
- Hardt, Michael: The Withering of Civil Society, in: Eleanor Kaufman and Kevin Jon Heller (eds.): Deleuze and Guattari: New Mappings in Politics, Philosophy and Culture, University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis, 1998, p. 23 – 39
- Hardt, Michael: Affective Labor, in: boundary 2, Vol. 26, No. 2. (summer, 1999), p. 89 – 100
A short and clear overview what the change from material to immaterial production is about.
- Hardt, Michael and Negri, Antonio: Multitude. War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, the Penguin Press: New York, 2004
- Hardt, Michael and Negri, Antonio: Empire, Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2000 (Paperback edition 2001). Online: http://www.infoshop.org/texts/empire.pdf
- Hardt, Michael: Folly of our masters of the universe, in: The Guardian, December 18, 2002, Online: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,861942,00.html
Very interesting and stimulating comment of Hardt about the (impending) war on Iraq understood as a backlash into Imperialism. He argues that the US is acting against its own interests.
- Negri, Antonio: Kairòs, Alma Venus, Multitudo, in: Antonio Negri: Time for Revolution, translated by Matteo Mandarini, London / New York: Continuum, 2003, p. 139 – 262
The second essay of this volume entitled “Kairòs, Alma Venus, Multitudo” was written after “Empire” and attempts to deepen the thoughts developed therein. Some topics that are central to “Multitude” (the common) or go beyond (love) are already discussed there.
- Negri, Antonio: Negri on Negri, in conversation with Anne Dufourmantelle, translated by M.B. DeBevoise, New York: Routledge, 2004
Nice, fascinating interview with Negri on a good 150 pages. Easy to read, insightful, especially on the political struggle Negri was involved.
- Vulliamy, Ed: Empire hits back, in: The Guardian, July 15, 2001, Online: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4221990,00.html
Easy to read, but not substantial review of “Empire”