Paolo Virno
Paolo Virno | |
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| Born | 14 May 1952 (1952-05-14) (age 73) Naples, Italy |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | |
| Main interests | Political philosophy, semiotics, post-Fordism, theory of subjectivity, materialism, communication ethics |
| Notable ideas | The flourishing of the general intellect in post-Fordist capitalism |
Paolo Virno (/ˈvɜːrnoʊ/; Italian: [ˈvirno]; born 14 May 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.
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