The Common Good and Biopolitical Work in the Thought of Hardt and Negri

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the work of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, focusing on the redefinition of the common good as an ontological concept. The authors depart from the traditional division between private and public spheres, identifying 'the common' as the foundation of contemporary social relations. The text provides a detailed discussion of the transformation of work in the age of biopolitics, where immaterial, affective, and intellectual production is becoming the dominant model of value creation. Key concepts such as multiplicity and singularity are introduced, shedding new light on contemporary forms of resistance to parasitic capital. The analysis also encompasses the crisis of control and the anthropogenetic model, demonstrating how all social life is being incorporated into production processes, simultaneously creating the potential for new, autonomous institutions of the common good.