Abolition and Constitution. Program in Experimental Critical Theory Public Talk
A Talk with Michael Hardt
RSVP Required
Tuesday, JUNE 3, 2025
Bunche hall Room #4357 (FOURTH floor)
4:00-6:00pm Talk
6:00pm Reception
This year’s ECT Seminar, “Whither Marxism and Psychoanalysis?”, is led by Professor Nouri Gana in the Spring Quarter of 2025. Guest talks are generously co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of Political Science, the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, the Department of Art, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
ABOUT THE TALK
Abolitionist politics have become in recent years the focus of some of the most innovative theoretical and activist projects. Drawing on authors in the Marxist and Black Radical traditions, I will explore some of the philosophical bases and consequences of the abolitionist paradigm. I will argue, furthermore, that, at philosophical and practical levels, constitution is a necessary complement to abolition.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. With Antonio Negri, he co-authored several books, including Empire. His latest book is The Subversive Seventies. He currently serves as editor of the South Atlantic Quarterly.