Rethinking Emancipation

Jacques Rancière is a leading French philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Paris-St. Denis. He is the author of many books on politics and aesthetics including Hatred of Democracy, The Emancipated Spectator, The Politics of Literature and The Edges of Fiction.

"Open-ended, informative, reflecting with acumen and care on the stakes of politics and aesthetics, Aliocha Wald Lasowski's conversation with Jacques Rancière tells us how and why we need dialogue and dissensus to contend with the glaring social inequalities in our midst. Clear and concise on every page, Rethinking Emancipation mobilizes Rancière's writing from Althusser's Lesson (1974) to Aisthesis (2011) and beyond. A practical work of the highest ethical order."Tom Conley, Harvard University"For readers seeking not only to understand why freedom matters, but how it can be made real, Rancière's book – especially in dialogue with these leading radical theorists – is essential reading."Capital & Class

• Foreword by Aliocha Wald LasowskiChapter 1. Politics: The democratic paradoxChapter 2. Aesthetics: Aesthetic democracy and social emancipationChapter 3. Literature: the politics of writers and the revolution in literatureChapter 4. Philosophy: Althusser, the theoretical weapon of a revival of MarxismChapter 5. Cinema: the sensible fabric of the new lifeNotes