Drawing on scenarios from around the globe and elucidating the themes that unite them, Hardt and Negri focus on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth. They argue for the idea of the “common” to replace the opposition of private and public and the politics predicated on that opposition. Ultimately, they articulate the theoretical bases for what they call “governing the revolution.”
Though this book functions as an extension and a completion of a sustained line of Hardt and Negri’s thought, it also stands alone and is entirely accessible to readers who are not familiar with the previous works. It is certain to appeal to, challenge, and enrich the thinking of anyone interested in questions of politics and globalization.
Michael Hardt will be in dialogue with Neil Smith, renowned critical geographer, about the social relations of the metropolis as they function as the site for the production of common life, the site of hierarchy and exploitation, and the site of antagonism and revolt.
Michael Hardt on "Commonwealth"
Thursday, September 17th
Henry Street Settlement
The Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street)
New York, NY 10002
7PM (Doors at 6:00pm)
Free and open to the public. Signing afterwards. “Commonwealth” will be available for purchase courtesy of Bluestockings Bookstore. Sponsored by “This Is Forever” events and discussion series and Bluestockings Bookstore. For more information, email malav[at]bluestockings[dot]com