Multitude is a philosophical work in which the democratic systems much of the world lives by nowadays are dissected and redefined with respect to their political, social, and economic characteristics and inequities. It snubs its nose at what it calls “the sovereign”, by which it means the unilateral leadership leading all sectors of modern society in the form of seemingly omnipotent politicians and capitalists, to name a few. This oppressive system, in their opinion, is enough to call for the “creation of a new humanity”, namely where love is conceived politically (356). The current status quo works only for those at the top, and movements such as Occupy Wall Street in the U.S. and Los Indignados in Spain, as well as organizations like the
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However, it is most easily divided into a few sections. Firstly, it is imperative to look at the sociological standpoint of their argument for a more equitable democracy and the conditions necessary for that to even be fathomable. Providing widely different groups common ground and a common platform are essential. “We are witnessing a decline of the previously unbreachable divisions that separated agricultural from industrial workers, the working classes from the poor, and so forth” (349). This shift is noteworthy because, as labor conditions converge and ever more intertwined, cooperation can be achieved where it never could be previously. “[T]here can be no cooperation without an existing commonality, and the result of cooperative production is the creation of a new commonality” …show more content…
Only those at the very top around the world were doing well, and unemployment and injustices were rife in dozens of countries, developed and developing. Occupy Wall Street garnered crowds of tens of thousands, Los Indignados and the World Social Forum pushed and continue to push for a different world, one where people come first, not wealth and power. Many think this is the turning point, and seeing how unprecedented these movements are on a global scale, you cannot blame them. “This point of division is where the multitude appears as a subject and declares, ‘Another world is possible,’ fleeing from the relationship with the sovereign and applying itself to create that world” (348). This is exactly what Hardt and Negri mean when they declare that we are split between an obsolete and dying past and a future that has already
However, it is most easily divided into a few sections. Firstly, it is imperative to look at the sociological standpoint of their argument for a more equitable democracy and the conditions necessary for that to even be fathomable. Providing widely different groups common ground and a common platform are essential. “We are witnessing a decline of the previously unbreachable divisions that separated agricultural from industrial workers, the working classes from the poor, and so forth” (349). This shift is noteworthy because, as labor conditions converge and ever more intertwined, cooperation can be achieved where it never could be previously. “[T]here can be no cooperation without an existing commonality, and the result of cooperative production is the creation of a new commonality” …show more content…
Only those at the very top around the world were doing well, and unemployment and injustices were rife in dozens of countries, developed and developing. Occupy Wall Street garnered crowds of tens of thousands, Los Indignados and the World Social Forum pushed and continue to push for a different world, one where people come first, not wealth and power. Many think this is the turning point, and seeing how unprecedented these movements are on a global scale, you cannot blame them. “This point of division is where the multitude appears as a subject and declares, ‘Another world is possible,’ fleeing from the relationship with the sovereign and applying itself to create that world” (348). This is exactly what Hardt and Negri mean when they declare that we are split between an obsolete and dying past and a future that has already