Jacques Ranciere and the Contemporary Scene

The Philosophy of Radical Equality

AvJean-Philippe Deranty,Alison Ross

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Beskrivning

This book forms the first criticalstudy of Jacques Rancière's impact and contribution to contemporary theoreticaland interdisciplinary studies. It showcases the work of leading scholars infields such as political theory, history and aesthetic theory; each of whom areuniquely situated to engage with the novelty of Rancière's thinking withintheir respective fields.Each of the essays provides aninvestigation into the critical stance Rancière takes towards hiscontemporaries, concentrating on the versatile application of his thought todiverse fields of study (including, political and education theory, cinemastudies, literary and aesthetic theory, and historical studies). The aim ofthis collection is to use the critical interventions Rancière's writing makeson current topics and themes as a way of offering new critical perspectives onhis thought. Wielding their individual expertise, each contributor assesses hisperspectives and positions on thinkers and topics of contemporary importance.The edition includes a new essay by Jacques Rancière, which charts thedifferent problems and motivations that have shaped his work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-02-16
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441152978
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation

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Mer om författaren

Jean-Philippe Deranty is AssociateProfessor in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. In additionto his monograph on Axel Honneth, BeyondCommunication (Brill, 2009) and several edited collections on contemporaryCritical Theory, he is the editor of JacquesRancière: Key Concepts (Acumen, July 2010).Alison Ross is Senior Lecturer in Critical Theory at MonashUniversity, Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of The Aesthetic Pathsof Philosophy (Stanford UP, 2007) and the editor of The Agamben Effect(South Atlantic Quarterly, 2008).

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This finely tuned collection of writings from some of the most astute readers of Jacques Rancière throughout the world not only engages the analytics of his work, but put his insights to work. Rancière's own contribution - as a reader of his readers - is nothing less than incisive. In short, Deranty and Ross have edited a stellar set of essays that will become a primary source for anyone interested in the singularly unique, multidisciplinary aspects of Rancière's critical ideas.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements \ Contributor Notes \ 1. JacquesRancière and the Contemporary Scene: The Evidence of Equality and the Practiceof Writing Jean-Philippe Deranty and Alison Ross \ 2. Movies as the GreatDemocratic Art Form of the Modern World (Notes on Rancière) JM Bernstein \ 3. 'Godardand Rancière: Automatism, Montage, Thinking' Lisa Trahair \ 4. The Names inHistory: Rancière's New Historical Poetics Dmitri Nikulin \ 5. Equality in the Romantic Art Form: TheHegelian Background to Jacques Rancière's 'Aesthetic Revolution' Alison Ross \ 6.No time or place for universal teaching:The Ignorant Schoolmaster and contemporary work on pedagogy Caroline Pelletier\ 7. Rancière and Anarchism Todd May \ 8. Rancière's utopian politics PaulPatton \ 9. Hannah Arendt and the Philosophical Repression of Politics AndrewSchaap \10. The Many Marx of JacquesRancière Emmanuel Renault \ 11. Work in the writings of Jacques Rancière Jean-PhilippeDeranty \ 12. Work, identity, subject Jacques Rancière \ Bibliography\ Index