The Weight of the Printed Word: Text, Context and Militancy in Operaismo

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Weight of the Printed Word: Text, Context and Militancy in Operaismo
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Steve Wright
SeriesHistorical Materialism
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:584
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9781642597806
ClassificationsDewey:331.88094509045
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Haymarket Books
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publication Date 20 October 2022
Publication Country United States

Description

In The Weight of the Printed Word, Steve Wright explores the creation and use of documents as a key dimension in the activities of Italian workerists during the 1960s and 1970s. From leaflets and newspapers to books, internal documents and workers' enquiries; the operaisti deployed a wide variety of printed materials in their efforts to organise among new subjectivities of mass rebellion. As Wright demonstrates, the practice of working with print was a central part of what it meant to be a workerist or autonomist militant during these years: one that throws light both on the meaning of political engagement, as well as the challenges posed by the use of technologies of communication and by emergent social subjects.

Author Biography

Steve Wright is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University. He has written widely on operaismo, including Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism (Pluto, second edition, 2017).