Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature and Italian

Michael Hardt

Office Location:  106 Science Bldg, East Campus
Office Phone:  919-684-3408
Email Address:   send me a message

Education:

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

Teaching (Fall 2008):

  • WOMENST 300.01, ADVANCED TOPICS
    Franklin Center 028, W 01:30 PM-04:00 PM
  • LIT 353.01, SPECIAL TOPICS IN LIT
    Franklin Center 028, W 01:30 PM-04:00 PM

Research Interests:

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.

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 .