Stefano Harney is an American activist and scholar. Prior to relocating to Brazil, Harney taught at

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, but was dismissed in part for awarding all his students A grades. Also, he has taught at

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as well as at the

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. Currently, he is professor of transversal aesthetics at Academy Media Arts Cologne (KHM) He is a long-time collaborator with the 2020

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poet and scholar

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, as well as the scholar and current Barbadian ambassador to Brazil Tonika Sealy-Thompson.

Education

In 1985, Harney received a BA in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University. In 1988, he received a MA in American Studies from New York University. In 1993, he received a PhD from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Collaboration With Fred Moten

Harney co-authored ''The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study'' with

(

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/Minor Compositions, 2013). The text is a book-length series of essays that critiques the academy through a black radical lens. Moten and Harney have been friends for over 30 years and collaborators over 15 years; they frequently appear together at panels, interviews, and academic talks. The two are currently preparing for the publication of their second book together, ''All Incomplete,'' forthcoming from

in 2021.

Works

*''The Liberal Arts and Management Education: A Global Agenda for Change'' (co-authored by Howard Thomas, Cambridge University Press, 2020) *'' The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study'' (co-authored by

, Minor Compositions, 2013) *''The Culture of Management'' (Routledge, 2008) *''State Work: Public Administration and Mass Intellectuality'' (Duke University Press, 2002) *"Fragment on Kropotkin and Giuliani" in ''Social Text'' (Volume 20, Number 3 (72), Duke University Press, September 10, 2002) *''Nationalism and Identity'' (Zed Books, 1996)

References

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