Michael Hardt. About Love. 2007 1/6

[JosephKnight93]

is there footage of the "deleuze and guattari seminar" he mentions? I would love to see that

[egsvideo]

@JosephKnight93 thank you for the comment. european graduate school is recording every class since 2009. the lecture however was given in 2007 - unfortunately there wont be any material about the deleuze and guattari seminar. thank you.

[sebastianquilt]

this bit about 'transformation in the name of love' as a political crutch is too bewildering and SILLY.

-the silly goose.

[aimeeplltr]

Will you be posting the rest of this presentation? I don't see the clips 3-6. I hope you do.

[egsvideo]

thank you for the comment. i checked it right away, and the videos are still here - where they belong. may i suggest that you search for the video names directly or view the playlist as a whole? thank you.

[WeWillWinAnarchy]

People can only change themselves. Society can point the direction, but neither dictatorship nor spontaneous rebellion can make the change in and of itself.

[zvexevz]

people can only change themselves? this is assuming that an individual can somehow exist outside of society which we of course know to not be true. they are always interpellated into an ideological context that structures their subjectivity. it's irrelevant solipism to talk about people 'changing themselves' in some Dr. Phillesque new agey terms the way you do.

[brokennarcissist]

His comments on friendship are a tad perplexing. Just think of what shape one's life would take without friends. Friendship is transformative. Its as if he's taking a snide shot at the Nicomachean Ethics.

[WeWillWinAnarchy]

What's so great about the Nicomachean Ethics?

[highway234]

if the people aren't inherently good, who's to say the dictatorship is going to be made up of good people? i think it's an interesting question hardt poses but it may be a false dichotomy. either humans can govern themselves or they can't, regardless of whether the system is anarchic or dictatorial... i mean, if you frame the question the way he (and, by extension, zizek) does.

[bestdressedrefugee]

Just a word on historical correctness: the terms "stalinist-style purge" and "Stalinist witchhunt" cannot really describe what happened to the Duke Lacrosse team because, unlike the people in the actual Stalinist purges, NONE OF THE TEAM PLAYERS lost their life.

The kind of "witchunt," that took place was much more in the style of Nancy Grance and North American cable news media.

[truestefq]

he talks like he does not know Rosa Luxemburgs critique of Leninism

[northpoints]

Milovan Djilas was a stalinist, and served many years in prison for his true communist believe, that democracy starts here and now, and especially inside yourself. Toni Negri and Michael Hardt smash Lenin and develop Marxism towards our time.

Thanks for that.

Venceremos.

[Frenchandproudofit]

Let's not forget that this obvious wanker flaccidly speaking about some kind of perverted pseudo-concept of love is one and the same with the Duke University faculty member who has contributed to the Stalinist witchhunt of his own (innocent) students. "Professor" Hardt, you disgust any decent man, woman, or child.

[illustratistefani]

you must have had a bad day, but your vocabulary says enough. hardt is trying to redevelop marxism and philosophy. he is certainly not a stalinist.

[sidonie3]

Hardt was among faculty who participated in a stalinist-style purge of the Duke Lacrosse team.

[brokennarcissist]

sports, sports, sports....