THE POLITICAL DESCARTESRADICAL THINKERS 7 ‘golden treasury of theory” Eric Banks, Rookerum ““Beautitully designed..a Sophisticated blend of theory and thought” Z.dkin Sarde, New Stetesnar SET Lisvewsucos | MINIMA MORALIA Reflections on a Damaged Life | TeoooR aDoRND IS@N-13; 978 1 84467 051 2 FOR MARX | touts ALTHUSSER IsBN-13, 978 1 84467 052.9 |THE SYSTEM OF OBJECTS JEAN BRUDRILARO 1S8N-13:978 1 84467 053 6 UBERALISM AND DEMOCRACY oRBERTO Bosato isaN-13: 978 1 84467 062 8 SET 212. AESTHETICS AND POLITICS “THEODOR ADORNO, WALTER BENJAMIN, ERNST BLOCH, BERTOLT NT, GEOR LUKACS IS8N-13.978 1 84467 5708 INFANCY AND HISTORY (nthe Destruction of Experience [GIORGIO AGAMBEN 1S0N-13; 978 1 84467 5715 | POLITICS AND HISTORY Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx ovis ALTHUSSER IseN-13; 978 1 84467 5722 FRAGMENTS JEAN BAUDRILLARD 18N-13, 978 1 84467 5739 THE POLITICS OF FRIENDSHIP {ACQUES DERRION '90N-13, 978 1 84467 0543 ‘THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM TERRY EAGLETON g8R-13; 978 1 84467 O55 0 ‘SIGNS TAKEN FOR ‘WONDERS (n the Sociology of Literary Forms. FRANCO MORETT! I58N-13; 978 1 84467 0567 THE RETURN OF THE POLITICAL (CRANTAL MOUFFE I58N-13.978 1 84467 057 4 LOGICS OF DISINTEGRATION Poststritualist Thought and the Claims of Critical Theory PETER DEWS IsBN-13, 978 1 84467 5746 LATE MARXISM Adorno, Or, The Persistence of the Dialectic FREDRIC JAMESON 1s8N-13, 978 1 84467 8753, EMANCIPATION(S) ERNESTO LACLAD is80-13: 978 1 84467 5760 ‘THE POLITICAL DESCARTES Reason, eolagy and the Bourgeois Project ‘ANTONIO WEER! Iseh-33, 979 1 84467 5821 SEXUALITY IN THE FIELD OF VISION MOOUELINE ROSE ISBN-13, 978 1 84067 058 2 ‘THE INFORMATION BOMB aul RIG IsBN-13; 976 1 84467 089 8 ‘CULTURE AND | MATERIALISM RAYMOND WILLIAMS 188N-13:978 1 88467 0604 | THE METASTASES OF ENJOYMENT | (On Women and Causality suavay Bex TsBN13: 978 1 84467 0611 ‘ON THE SHORES OF POLITICS | ORES RANCIERE Is8N-13, 978 1 64467 5777 ‘STRATEGY OF DECEPTION ue vo Isen-13: 978 1 84467 5784 POLITICS OF MODERNISM ‘Against the Now Conformists RAYMOND WILLIAMS ISN-13-978 1 84467 580 7 THE INDIVISIBLE REMAINDER On Schelling and Related Matters, suaval ex ISBN-13; 978 1 84467 581 4 THE POLITICAL DESCARTES Reason, Ideology and the Bourgeois Project Antonio Negri Translated and introduced by Matteo Mandarini and Alberto Toscano VERSO London + New YorkFirst published as Descartes politic: 0, delle ragiocvol idologia by Feline, Milan 1970 ©) Feline 1970 “This edition published by Verso 2007 ‘Verso 2006 Translation © Alberto Toscano and Matteo Mandarini 2006 All rights reserved “The moral rights of the author and tandacors have been asserted 13579108642 Verso UK: 6 Meard Street, London WIF OEG USA: 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014-4606 ‘wwrw.versobooks.com Verso isthe imprint of New Left Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-582-1 ISBN-10: 1-84467-582-3 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data ‘A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library in-Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging: ¢ Library of Congress ‘A catalog record for this book is available from th ‘Adobe Garamond by Hewer Text UK Led, Edinburgh ‘Typeset in Great Britain by Bookmarque Ltd, Croydon, Surrey Printed in Contents Translators’ Introduction: Antonio Negri and the Antinomies of Bourgeois Thought 1 Metaphor and Memory 2 Philosophy and Conjuncture 3 Political Science or Reasonable Ideology? 4 Time and Ideology Postface to the English Edition Index 27 103 175 255 317 339