George Caffentzis


George Caffentzis is an American political philosopher and an autonomist Marxist. He founded the Midnight Notes Collective, is a founder member of the co-ordinator of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa and a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. His partner is Silvia Federici.

Books

Parole abusate, monete tosate e governo civile. La filosofia del denaro di John Locke, Istituto dell' Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, Rome, Italy, 1988.Clipped Coins, Abused Words and Civil Government: John Locke's Philosophy of Money.Midnight Oil: Work, Energy, War, 1973–1992, . A chapter from Midnight Oil, "Introduction to The New Enclosures," was reprinted in David Solnit, Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World, pp. 61–72.A Thousand Flowers: Social Struggles Against Structural Adjustment in African Universities, .Exciting the Industry of Mankind: George Berkeley's Philosophy of Money.Auroras of the Zapatistas: Local and Global Struggles in the Fourth World War, .
  • In Letters of Blood and Fire: Work, Machines, and Value,.