Chapter 1: Subjective Figures of the Crisis ... - Negri in English

of associative, just, and loving social exchange, so, too, does the
represented have no access to effective political action.
So many of the movements of 2011 direct their critiques
against political structures and forms of representation, then,
because they recognize clearly that representation, even when it
is effective, blocks democracy rather than fosters it. Where, they
ask, has the project for democracy gone How can we engage it
again What does it mean to win back (or, really, to realize for the
first time) the political power of the citizen-worker One path,
the movements teach, passes through the revolt and rebellion
against the impoverished and depotentialized subjective figures
we have outlined in this chapter. Democracy will be realized only
when a subject capable of grasping and enacting it has emerged.