Will the people united in cyberspace never be defeated? Reflections on the global multitude in the epoch of American Empire

Kym Thorne

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, 2009, vol. 20, issue 2, 255-266

Abstract: This paper examines Hardt and Negri's (Empire, 2000, and Multitude, 2004) approach to the genealogy of modern resistance. It critically examines their three guiding principles for successful resistance. The first principle involves using a simple measure of efficacy regarding the specific historical situation. According to this principle every organisation must somehow grasp the possibilities offered by the current arrangement of opposing forces. The second principle requires all “forms” of political and military organization to equate with the current forms of economic and social production. According to this principle all forms of resistance movements must evolve in coordination with the evolution of economic forms. The third principle requires that democracy and freedom act as guides to the development of organizational forms of resistance.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2007.09.002

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