Son[i]a #184
Michael Hardt
Michael Hardt is a Professor of Literature at Duke University, North Carolina. His recent works have primarily dealt with aspects of globalisation and with a reinterpretation of the political left in the light of the wave of popular uprisings taking place around the world. At the turn of the century, with philosopher Antonio Negri, he co-authored ‘Empire’ and ‘Multitude’, which quickly became milestones of contemporary political theory.
In 2012, Michael Hardt again teamed up with Negri to write ‘Declaration’, an electronic publication that reflects on the Occupy movements and their potential for a new democratic openness. As the authors explain in the introduction, the title ‘Declaration’ is a reversal of what manifestos once were: it is a theoretical formulation of what society generates in the streets and squares.
SON[I]A talks to Michael Hardt about what role revolutions have today as spaces for new social creation.
Angela Dimitrakaki
Angela Dimitrakaki talks about the new feminist critique, the limits of democracy, the wiles of post-capitalism, and the ambivalence of the commons. We also touch on the notions of radical curating and collaborative practices.
Jodi Dean
Jodi Dean talks about communism as a still-latent project, about the Party as a scalable global form, about dystopian municipalism, anamorphic ecologies, and liberal democracies, about Not An Alternative and Liberate Tate as examples of sustainable activism practices at museums, about desires, enthusiasm, and trust and about the emotions captured inside social media.
Gerald Raunig
Interview with Gerald Raunig about Molecular Revolution, philosophical activism, and the differences and similarities between recent social movements and those of the late nineteen sixties.
Allan Sekula
Interview with Allan Sekula about the relationship between art and photography, about artistic activism, the role of the artist in the public sphere and "Waiting for Tear Gas".