{"product_id":"diary-of-an-escape-hardback-9780745644257","title":"Diary of an Escape (Hardback) 9780745644257","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDiary of an Escape\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAntonio Negri (Author), Ed Emery (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745644257, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 October 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.6 cm, 0.526 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"At once a narration of philosophy, politics and personal memoir. The experience of the oppressed political prisoner divests the courts of their own web of rationality, exposing the system which upholds the semblance of justice.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Left Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"No one who seeks to comment on global capitalism or the movements opposing it can afford to ignore Negri. He remains one of Europe's few truly public intellectuals.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKatharine Ainger, \u003ci\u003eThe New Statesma\u003c\/i\u003en (\u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e list of 12 great thinkers of our time)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A guru of the post-modern left.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlavoj Zizek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the most important thinkers of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFredric Jameson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003en Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller.  \u003cp\u003eMuch less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova. On April 7th, 1979 he was arrested, charged with the murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro, accused of 17 other murders, of being the head of the Red Brigades and of fomenting insurrection against the state. He has since been absolved of all these accusations, but thanks to the emergency laws in Italy at the time, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Then, in July 1983, he was elected as a member of parliament, which meant that he was released from prison after four and a half years of preventive detention. After months of debate, the Lower House decided to strip him of his parliamentary immunity Ð by 300 votes in favour and 293 against. At that point he left Italy for exile in France where he remained until 1997 and continued to maintain his innocence of all the crimes of which he was accused.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is Negri's diary in which he tells of his imprisonment, trial, the elections, and his escape to and exile in France. Both personal and political, it recounts a little known aspect of Negri's life and will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the work of this enormously influential political thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction by the author \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. The Trial (24 February to 24 May 1983) 1-37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Self Defence in Court (25 May to 8 July 1983) 38-57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: In Parliament (9 July to 18 September 1983) 58-98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Freedom (19 September to 30 November 1983) 99-135\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407311401240,"sku":"9780745644257","price":46.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745644257.jpg?v=1784160830","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/diary-of-an-escape-hardback-9780745644257","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}