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Michael Hardt

Professor of Literature
Literature
Box 90670, Durham, NC 27708-0670
106 Friedl Building, Buchanan and Trinity, Durham, NC 27708-0670

Overview


Michael Hardt's writings explore the new forms of domination in the contemporary world as well as the social movements and other forces of liberation that resist them. In the Empire trilogy -- Empire (2000), Multitude (2004), and Commonwealth(2009) -- he and Antonio Negri investigate the political, legal, economic, and social aspects of globalization. They also study the political and economic alternatives that could lead to a more democratic world. Their pamphlet Declaration (2012) …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Literature · 2005 - Present Literature, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Romance Studies · 2007 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies · 2018 - Present Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Bass Fellow · 2007 - Present Literature, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published April 15, 2024
Today’s Faculty Reflect on a Century of Scholars
Published October 18, 2019
A Focus on the Benefits and Human Costs of Immigration
Published October 18, 2019
Putting a Focus on the Benefits and Human Costs of Immigration

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Recent Publications


BERLANT’S AMERICA

Journal Article Cultural Critique · September 1, 2024 Full text Cite

A Reply to Xifaras

Journal Article Law and Critique · April 1, 2024 Full text Cite

Standpoint theory and double abolition

Journal Article Cultural Dynamics · November 1, 2023 I read Denise Ferreira da Silva’s Unpayable Debt as an experiment that adopts “the wounded captive body in the scene of subjugation” as an epistemological standpoint. This situates her project in line with a tradition of standpoint theories that adopt, for ... Full text Cite
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Recent Artistic Works


After Empire

Film January 1, 2012

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Washington · 1990 Ph.D.
University of Washington · 1986 M.A.
Swarthmore College · 1983 B.S.