Political subjectivities in postfordist capitalism

Abstract

This article problematizes around the theme of political subjectivities relating the contri- butions of Italian sociologist Alberto Melucci and Italian philosopher Paolo Virno regarding their ideas about identity and individuation in the context of post-Fordist capitalism. This paper offers a conceptualization of post-Fordism and its relation to the changes in the conception of work, the problem of identities and the reconfiguration of political action. As a point of arrival is analyzed Melucci’s conception around the idea of “information society” and political potential would imply, returning to Virno, the development of a “communication society” from his particular way of con- ceiving the integration of singularities.