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Antonio Negri (1933-2023)

A communist life
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Necropolitics (excerpts, part 5)

Note: I am not doing justice to Mbembe’s arguments in the book by my selection. A full read of the text is recommended. Under what practical conditions is the power to kill, to let live, or to expose to death exercised?  Under the guise of war, resistance, or the war on terror?  Politics ... is doubly defined as a project of autonomy and as the reaching of agreement within a collective through communication and recognition. This, we are told, is what differentiates it from war... Within this paradigm, reason is the truth of the subject, and politics is the exercise of reason in the public sphere. Sovereignty is therefore defined as a twofold process of self-institution and self-limitation (fixing one’s own limits for oneself ). My concern is those figures of sovereignty whose central project is not the struggle for autonomy but the generalized instrumentalization of human existence and the material destruction of human bodies and populations.  Contemporary experiences of ...
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Ł„ŲØŁ†Ų§Ł†

Ł…Ų“Ł‡ŲÆ Ų§Ł„ŲµŲØّŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ł…ŲŖŲØŲ¬ّŲ­  # Ł…Ų§ŁƒŲ±ŁˆŁ†  ŁˆŁ‡Łˆ ŁŠŁ‚Ł„ّŲÆ  # ŁŁŠŲ±ŁˆŲ²  (Ų£Ų­ŲÆ Ų¢Ų®Ų± Ł…Ų§ ŲØŁ‚ŁŠ Ł„Ł†Ų§ Ł…Ł† Ų°ŁƒŲ±ŁŠŲ§ŲŖ Ų§Ł„Ų²Ł…Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų±ŲØŁŠ "Ų§Ł„Ų¬Ł…ŁŠŁ„") ŲØŁˆŲ³Ų§Ł…Ł‡ Ų§Ł„ŲŖŲ§ŁŁ‡، Ł‡Łˆ Ų£Ų¹Ł„Ł‰ ŲÆŲ±Ų¬Ų§ŲŖ Ų§Ł„Ų„Ł‡Ų§Ł†Ų© Ł„Ų³ŁŠŲ§ŲÆŲ© ŁˆŁƒŲ±Ų§Ł…Ų© Ł„Ų§ Ų“Ų¹ŲØ Ł„ŲØŁ†Ų§Ł† ŁˆŲ­ŲÆŁ‡، ŲØŁ„ ŁƒŁ„ّ Ų“Ų¹ŁˆŲØ Ų§Ł„Ł…Ł†Ų·Ł‚Ų© Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų±ŲØŁŠŲ©.  Ł…Ł…Ų«ّŁ„ Ų§Ł„Ų§Ł…ŲØŲ±ŁŠŲ§Ł„ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„ŁŲ±Ł†Ų³ŁŠŲ©، ŁˆŁˆŁƒŁŠŁ„ Ų§Ł„Ų§Ł…ŲØŲ±ŁŠŲ§Ł„ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų£Ł…Ų±ŁŠŁƒŁŠŲ©، Ł„Ł… ŁŠŁƒŲŖŁ ŲØŲ§Ų³ŲŖŲØŲ§Ų­Ų© Ų§Ł„Ų³ŁŠŲ§ŲÆŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų³ŁŠŲ§Ų³ŁŠŲ© ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų§Ł‚ŲŖŲµŲ§ŲÆŁŠŲ© Ł„Ł„ŲØŁ†Ų§Ł† Ų¹ŲØŲ± ŲŖŲÆŲ®ّŁ„Ł‡ Ų§Ł„ŁŲ¬ّ ŁŁŠ ŲŖŁŲ§ŲµŁŠŁ„ ŲŖŲ“ŁƒŁŠŁ„ Ų§Ł„Ų­ŁƒŁˆŁ…Ų© ŁˆŁ…Ų·Ų§Ł„ŲØŲŖŁ‡ Ų§Ł„ŁˆŁ‚Ų­Ų© ŲØŁ€"Ų§Ł„Ų§ŲµŁ„Ų§Ų­Ų§ŲŖ" Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁŠ Ų­ŲÆّŲÆŁ‡Ų§ ŲµŁ†ŲÆŁˆŁ‚ Ų§Ł„Ł†Ł‚ŲÆ Ų§Ł„ŲÆŁˆŁ„ŁŠ ŁˆŲ£ŲµŲ­Ų§ŲØŁ‡ Ų§Ł„Ų§Ł…ŲØŲ±ŁŠŲ§Ł„ŁŠŁˆŁ†. ŲØŁ„ Ł‡Łˆ ŁŠŲ³ŲŖŲØŁŠŲ­ ŁƒŲ°Ł„Łƒ Ų­ŲŖّŁ‰ Ų¹Ų§Ł„Ł… Ų§Ł„Ų±Ł…ŁˆŲ² ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ł…Ų“Ų§Ų¹Ų± ŁˆŁŠŁƒ Ų±ّŲ³ ŁŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų®ŁŠŲ§Ł„ Ų§Ł„Ų¬Ł…Ų¹ŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ų“Ų¹ŲØŁŠ Ų­Ł‚ŁŠŁ‚Ų© ŲŖŲØŲ¹ŁŠّŲ©  # Ł„ŲØŁ†Ų§Ł†  Ł„ŁŲ±Ł†Ų³Ų§ ŁŁŠ Ų°ŁƒŲ±Ł‰ Ł…Ų¦Ų© Ų¹Ų§Ł… Ų¹Ł„Ł‰ ŲŖŲ£Ų³ŁŠŲ³Ł‡Ų§ Ł„Ł†ŲøŲ§Ł…Ł‡ Ų§Ł„Ų·Ų§Ų¦ŁŁŠ.  Ł„Ł… Ų£Ų¹ŲŖŁ‚ŲÆ ŁŠŁˆŁ…ًŲ§ Ų£Ł†ّ ŁŁŠŲ±ŁˆŲ² ŁŠŁ…ŁƒŁ† Ų£Ł† ŲŖŲŖŲ®ّŲ° Ł…ŁˆŁ‚ŁŲ§ Ł…ŲŗŲ§ŁŠŲ±ًŲ§ Ł„Ł„ŲŖŲ±Ų­ŁŠŲØ ŲØŲ²ŁŠŲ§Ų±Ų© Ł…Ų§ŁƒŲ±ŁˆŁ† ŁˆŁˆŲ³Ų§Ł…Ł‡. ŁŲŖŁ„Łƒ Ł‡ŁŠ Ų­ŲÆŁˆŲÆ ŁˆŲ¹ŁŠŁ‡Ų§ Ų§Ł„Ų³ŁŠŲ§Ų³ŁŠ، Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų±ŲŖŲØŲ·Ų© Ų­ŁƒŁ…Ų§ ŲØŁ…ŁˆŁ‚Ų¹Ł‡Ų§ Ų§Ł„Ų·ŲØŁ‚ŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų±ŁŠŲ­، Ų§Ł„Ų°ŁŠ ŁŠŁ…ŁƒŁ† Ų£Ł† ŁŠŲµŁ„ Ų£Ł‚ŲµŲ§Ł‡ Ų„Ł„Ł‰ ŁŁ‡Ł… Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁ†Ų§Ł‚Ų¶ Ų§Ł„ŲµŲ§Ų±Ų® Ł…Ų¹ Ų§Ł„Ų¹ŲÆŁˆّ Ų§Ł„ŲµŁ‡ŁŠŁˆŁ†ŁŠ Ł„Ų§ Ų„Ł„Ł‰ ŲŖŁ…Ų«ّŁ„ Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁ†Ų§Ł‚Ų¶ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł…ŁŠŁ‚ Ł…Ų¹ Ų§Ł„Ł‚ŁˆŁ‰ Ų§Ł„Ų§Ł…ŲØŲ±ŁŠŲ§Ł„ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁŠ ŲŖŲ³Ł†ŲÆ Ł‡Ų°Ų§ Ų§Ł„Ų¹ŲÆŁˆّ. ŁŁ‡Ų°Ų§ ŁŠŲ­ŲŖŲ§Ų¬ Ų„Ł„Ł‰ ŁˆŲ¹ŁŠ Ų³ŁŠŲ§Ų³ŁŠ ŁŠŲ³Ų§Ų±ŁŠ ŁˆŲ·Ł†ŁŠ Ų«ŁˆŲ±ŁŠ Ł„Ų§ ŲŖŁ…Ł„ŁƒŁ‡. Ł„ŁƒŁ†ّŁŠ ŁƒŁ†ŲŖ Ų¢Ł…ُŁ„ُ Ų£Ł† ŁŠŲŖŲ®ّŲ° Ų§ŲØŁ†...
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Iraq

"The good thing about the developments of the past two or three years is that most demonstrations have avoided using sectarian slogans. A new sense of what it means to be an Iraqi has emerged, one that isn’t characterised by affiliation to a particular confession or group. That’s really important. The political parties’ sectarian discourse is obsolete. They no longer have any way of scaring the people. That’s why they’re using bullets. They don’t have anything else left." The West and its cliched view of Iraq
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“This is the supposed ‘natural condition’ of mankind, in which everyone is at war with everyone else, much as Thomas Hobbes described in his ‘Leviathan’, during the middle of the seventeenth century. But the state of nature is not in fact a ‘natural’ condition; it is a historical conjuncture”  Notes on Syria and the Coming Global Thanatocracy
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