ON THE ANALYSIS OF POWER AND SUBJECTIVITY IN NEGRI AND HARDT

Abstract

In this paper, I will examine some of the crucial themes concerning subjectivity and power in the context of Negri and Hardt's three works, namely Empire, Multitude and Declaration by considering the limits of Chantal Mouffe's critiques on the withdrawal strategy which is attributed to them by Mouffe. The basic questions of my discussion will evolve around Negri and Hardt's analysis of subjectivity as well as an axis examining the power relations and conceptions of Empire and Multitude. I will discuss the structures of Empire, the biopolitical problematics, and those subjectivities that were identified by Hardt and Negri as the four modes of subjectivity in the neoliberal order, namely, indebted, securitized, mediatized, and represented. I will put forward the possibilities of transformation within each of these subjectivities in the modes identified in Declaration.

Keywords

• Empire,Multitude,Subjectivity,Power,Labour,Capital

NEGRİ VE HARDT’TA İKTİDARIN VE ÖZNELLİĞİN ANALİZİ ÜZERİNE

Öz

Bu yazıda, Chantal Mouffe’un Negri ve Hardt’a atfettiği geri çekilme stratejisi üzerine eleştirisinin sınırlarını göz önünde bulundurarak, Negri ve Hardt’ın İmparatorluk, Çokluk ve Duyuru başlıklı üç eseri bağlamında, öznellik ve iktidara ilişkin kritik temalardan bazılarını inceleyeceğim. Tartışmamın temel soruları, iktidar ilişkileriyle imparatorluk ve çokluk kavramsallaştırmalarını irdeleyen bir eksenin yanı sıra, Negri ve Hardt’ın öznellik analizi üzerinden gelişecek. Bu yazıda İmparatorluğun yapısını, biyopolitika sorunsalını ve Negri ile Hardt’ın neoliberal düzendeki dört öznellik kipi olarak belirledikleri borçlandırılanlar, güvenlikleştirilenler, medyalaştırılanlar ve temsil edilenleri ele alacağım. Bu öznelliklerin her birisinin içinden gelişebilecek dönüşüm imkânlarını Duyuru’da belirlenen kipler içinde ortaya koyacağım.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İmparatorluk,Çokluk,Öznellik,İktidar,Emek,Sermaye

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