Os Cangaceiros
26th March 2012, 05:26
One could make the argument that Tiqqun pumped out a bunch of work characteristic of a pack of French hipsters with philosophical pretentions, and that there isn't much of practical use to be found in what they wrote.
To which I reply: fair enough.
But IMO they also wrote some interesting things. I'm not sure what the background of "TINAP" is, I found it in a used bookstore actually, but interspersed within some of their more jargon-y stuff is some nice pieces of writing, including a pretty brutal criticism of Negri and "Negrian" thought, as well as thoughts related to the leftist conception of "work". Much of the work seems to revolve around the experience of 1970's Italy.
There's also some stuff I strongly disagree with, such as their contention in one part of the book that one group that was emblematic of the radical movement overtaking the worker's movement was the Spanish anarchist movement. This is odd to me because the Spanish anarchists based their identity largely around them being communist workers in revolt.
To which I reply: fair enough.
But IMO they also wrote some interesting things. I'm not sure what the background of "TINAP" is, I found it in a used bookstore actually, but interspersed within some of their more jargon-y stuff is some nice pieces of writing, including a pretty brutal criticism of Negri and "Negrian" thought, as well as thoughts related to the leftist conception of "work". Much of the work seems to revolve around the experience of 1970's Italy.
There's also some stuff I strongly disagree with, such as their contention in one part of the book that one group that was emblematic of the radical movement overtaking the worker's movement was the Spanish anarchist movement. This is odd to me because the Spanish anarchists based their identity largely around them being communist workers in revolt.