https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Virno
Paolo Virno (/ˈvɜːrnoʊ/; Italian: [ˈvirno]; born May 14, 1952) is an Italian philosopher, semiologist and a figurehead for the Italian Marxist movement. Implicated in belonging to illegal social movements during the 1960s and 1970s, Virno was arrested and jailed in 1979, accused of belonging to the Red Brigades. He spent several years in prison before finally being acquitted, after which he organized the publication Luogo Comune(Italian for "commonplace") in order to vocalize the political ideas he developed during his imprisonment. Virno currently teaches philosophy at the University of Rome.
Publications in English:
- A Grammar of the Multitude. New York: Semiotext(e), 2004. ISBN 9781584350217
- Multitude: Between Innovation and Negation. New York: Semiotext(e), 2008. ISBN 1584350504
- When the Word Becomes Flesh. New York: Semiotext(e), 2015. ISBN 1584350946
- Déjà Vu and the End of History. New York: Verso Books, 2015. ISBN 1781686114
- Essay on Negation: For a Linguistic Anthropology. London/Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2018. ISBN 0857424386
- Convention and Materialism: Uniqueness without Aura. Translated by Lorenzo Chiesa. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2021. ISBN 026204580X
- The Idea of World: Public Intellect and Use of Life. London/Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2022. ISBN 0857429892
