The Key Critical Books of the Aughts
Explore the defining critical books of the aughts with our curated list, featuring Empire by Michael Hardt and key philosophical works that shaped the decade’s intellectual landscape.
Book
Empire
by Michael Hardt
Empire, as Hardt and Negri demonstrate, is the new political order of globalization. Their book shows how this emerging structure is fundamentally different from the imperialism of European dominance and capitalist expansion in previous eras. Rather, today’s Empire draws on the hybrid identities and expanding frontiers of U.S. constitutionalism.
