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
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2005 - Present
Literature,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Romance Studies
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2007 - Present
Romance Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies
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2018 - Present
Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Bass Fellow
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2007 - Present
Literature,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
BERLANT’S AMERICA
Journal Article Cultural Critique · September 1, 2024 Full text CiteA Reply to Xifaras
Journal Article Law and Critique · April 1, 2024 Full text CiteStandpoint 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 CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Washington ·
1990
Ph.D.
University of Washington ·
1986
M.A.
Swarthmore College ·
1983
B.S.