Michael Hardt | The 1970s and Us
Oct. 19, 2023
5:00p.m.
Victoria College Chapel
91 Charles St West Toronto, ON M5S1K5
The 1970s and Us: Revolution and Liberation, From Past to Present
The NFC is pleased to invite you to a talk with Michael Hardt, a political theorist from Duke University.
This is a hybrid event; a Zoom link will be sent out to those who register for a virtual attendance ticket.
About the talk...
Revolutionary and liberation movements of the 1970s were a first great attempt to confront the structures of power that still rule over us today. In some respects, we can recognize in those movements the seeds of practices, concepts, and political aspirations that have developed since; but in other respects, the movements of the 1970s were ahead of us and we need to catch up to them. With examples from a variety of countries, I will argue for the relevance of those movements for political thinking and organizing today.
About the speaker...
Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. He is co-author, with Antonio Negri, of the Empire trilogy and, most recently, Assembly. He is co-director with Sandro Mezzadra of The Social Movements Lab.
The NFC co-sponsors this talk with a variety of University of Toronto collaborators, including: the Institute for Environment, Conservation and Sustainability (UTSC), The Critical Zones Research Collective (Jackman Humanities Institute), the Centre for the Study of the United States (CSUS), the Department of Geography & Planning, the Centre for Comparative Literature, the Department of English, and the Department of Anthropology.