''Multitudes'' is a French

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, political and artistic monthly journal founded in 2000 by

Yann Moulier-Boutang Yann is a French male given name, specifically, the Breton form of "Jean" (French for "John"). Notable persons with the name Yann include: __NOTOC__ In arts and entertainment *Yann Martel (born 1963), Canadian author *Yann Moix (born 1968), Fren ...

. It is thematically situated in the theoretical framework of the

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work ''Empire'' by

Antonio Negri Antonio "Toni" Negri (born 1 August 1933) is an Italian Spinozistic-Marxist sociologist and political philosopher, best known for his co-authorship of '' Empire'' and secondarily for his work on Spinoza. Born in Padua, he became a politica ...

and Michael Hardt. The journal, like the book, focuses on the further elaboration of the philosophical and political thought of the Italian '' operaismo'', but seems also to rest on

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, Althusser, and Deleuze's thought. It is a successor to the review Futur Antérieur edited by Jean-Marie Vincent (1934-2004) and Toni Negri, at the dep. of political science - University Vincennes Paris 8. It is a member of the Eurozine network. ''Multitudes's'' name comes from the Spinozist eponymic concept. It has been thought by Toni Negri as an alternative to the classic conception of the

people A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of proper ...

, class consciousness, or

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. It publishes a lot on themes relating to the

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and the

knowledge economy The knowledge economy (or the knowledge-based economy) is an economic system in which the production of goods and services is based principally on knowledge-intensive activities that contribute to advancement in technical and scientific inn ...

, supporting in particular the thesis of a "cognitive labour" and "

affective labour Emotional labor is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job. More specifically, workers are expected to regulate their emotions during interactions with customers, co-workers, clients and man ...

" which can not be measured by standard means of labor-time, and also insists on the cooperative aspects of production in modern society. For this reason and others, it tends to argue in favour of a guaranteed minimum income. Contents published by ''Multitudes'' are mostly in French, although some articles are translated (in English, Spanish, etc.) and are under a

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license.

Some members

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*Yann Moulier-Boutang *Eric Alliez * Barbara Cassin *

Maurizio Lazzarato Maurizio Lazzarato (born 1955) is an Italian sociologist and philosopher, residing in Paris, France. In the 1970s, he was an activist in the workers' movement ( Autonomia Operaia) in Italy. Lazzarato was a founding member of the editorial board o ...

Judith Revel Judith Revel (born 1966) is a French philosopher and translator. Biography Daughter of the historian and former president of the EHESS Jacques Revel, former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud, Judith Revel is a spec ...

* Toni Negri * Michael Hardt *Anne Querrien * Patrice Riemens * Nanni Balestrini *Abdul-Karim Mustapha *Charles Wolfe *Antonella Corsani *Bruno Karsenti *Giuseppe Cocco

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