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Michael Hardt, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Literature

Contact Info:

Office Location:	106 Science Bldg, East Campus
Office Phone:	+1 919 684 3408
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2008):

• WOMENST 300.01, ADVANCED TOPICS

  Franklin Center 016 A/B, W 01:30 PM-04:00 PM

• LIT 353.01, SPECIAL TOPICS IN LIT

  Franklin Center 016 A/B, W 01:30 PM-04:00 PM

Education:

PhD, Comparative Literature	University of Washington	1990
MA, Comparative Literature	University of Washington	1986
BS, Engineering	Swarthmore College	1983

Specialties:

Italian
Critical Theory
Comparative Philosophy

Research Interests: Globalization, Political and Cultural Theory, and Modern Italian Literature

Michael Hardt's recent writings deal primarily with the political, legal, economic, and social aspects of globalization. In his books with Antonio Negri he has analyzed the functioning of the current global power structure (Empire, 2000) and the possible democratic alternatives to that structure (Multitude, 2004). Many of his seminars focus on the work of important figures in the history of critical theory and political theory, such as Marx, Jefferson, Gramsci, Foucault, Deleuze, and Guattari. He also works on modern Italian literature and culture.

Keywords:

globalization • politics • culture • modernity • marxism

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. with Antonio Negri, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (2004), New York: Penguin Press
2. with Antonio Negri, Empire (2000), Cambridge: Harvard University Press