Description
The critique of modernist ideology from France's leading radical theorist
About the Author
Jacques Ranciere is emeritus professor at the University of Paris 8 where he taught from 1968 to 2000. His two main domains of research are social and intellectual emancipation and the modern transformations of art, literary fiction and aesthetic thinking. He has explored those domains and their interrelations in more than forty books among which the most significant are: The Ignorant Schoolmaster. Five Lessons on Intellectual Emancipation (Stanford University Press, 1991), Proletarian Nights. The Workers' Dream in 19th Century France (Verso, 2012) , Aisthesis. Scenes from the Aesthetic Regime of Art (Verso, 2013) and The Edges of Fiction (Polity 2020) .
Reviews
One of our most stimulating thinkers * Paris Match *
Ranciere's writings offer one of the few conceptualizations of how we are to continue to resist. -- Slavoj Zizek
It's clear that Jacques Ranciere is relighting the flame that was extinguished for many-that is why he serves as such a signal reference today. -- Thomas Hirschhorn
His art lies in the rigor of his argument-its careful, precise unfolding -and at the same time not treating his reader, whether university professor or unemployed actress, as an imbecile. -- Kristin Ross
French philosopher Jacques Ranciere is a refreshing read for anyone concerned with what art has to do with politics and society. * Art Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781839763199
Author Jacques Ranciere
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 14mm