{"product_id":"jacques-ranciere-9780745646558","title":"Jacques Rancière","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Ranciere is one of the most interesting and original philosophers in France today, well-known for his work on aesthetics, politics and the philosophy of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An absolute model of explanatory clarity, with a level of critical distance made all the more impressive by this being the first monograph on Ranciere in any language.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrench Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A solid introduction to Ranciere's thought that should help facilitate the reception of his work in the English-speaking world.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Well written and accessible ... the chapters are clear and capture the full extent of Rancière's thinking, yet they remain remarkably critical.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthical Perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Davis has thought through how best to introduce Rancière's philosophy and he does it convincingly and compellingly. His book will deservedly become the standard introduction and companion to Rancière for first time readers at every level.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJay Bernstein, New School for Social Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Oliver Davis's \u003ci\u003eJacques Rancière\u003c\/i\u003e is an overview of force and beauty. Working through the whole of Rancière's reflections on philosophy, politics, historiography and aesthetics, Davis offers a clear and coherent account of work that has changed the way we think about the emergence, the condition and the future of democracy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTom Conley, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Early Politics: From Pedagogy to Equality 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthusser's lesson 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlatonic inequality in Marx, Sartre and Bourdieu 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacotot and radical equality 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 History and Historiography 36\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes Révoltes Logiques\u003c\/i\u003e (1975–81) 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nights of Labor: The Workers' Dream in Nineteenth-Century France\u003c\/i\u003e [1981] 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Names of History: On the Poetics of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e [1992] 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Mature Politics: From Policing to Democracy 74\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics and 'the police' 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRancière's structural account of democracy: the 'wrong' and the miscount 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical 'subjectivation' 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe aesthetic dimension of politics: the 'division' or 'distribution' of 'the sensory' (le partage du sensible) 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverall assessment of Rancière's account of politics 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Literature 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'What is literature?' 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting, literarity . . . and literature 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRancière as reader 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Art and Aesthetics 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAesthetic experience and equality: with Kant and Gauny, against Bourdieu 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe regimes of art 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilm and film theory 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary art, politics and community 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 207\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49930739024215,"sku":"9780745646558","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745646558.jpg?v=1738627298","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jacques-ranciere-9780745646558","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}