Michael Hardt.

Biography

American political philosopher and literary theorist. A professor at Duke University, his research addresses contemporary transformations of capitalism, global structures of domination, social movements and the possibilities for new forms of democratic organisation.

His intellectual collaboration with Antonio Negri produced one of the most influential interventions in contemporary political theory, particularly through Empire (2000), Multitude (2004) and Commonwealth (2009). His individual works include Gilles Deleuze: An Apprenticeship in Philosophy (1993) and The Subversive Seventies (2023).