Jacques Ranci鑽e: History, Politics, Aesthetics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822345060)

The French philosopher Jacques Ranci鑽e has influenced disciplines from history and philosophy to political theory, literature, art history, and film studies. His research into nineteenth-century workers' archives, reflections on political equality, critique of the traditional division between intellectual and manual labor, and analysis of the place of literature, film, and art in modern society have all constituted major contributions to contemporary thought. In this collection, leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, literary theory, and cultural criticism engage Ranci鑽e's work, illuminating its originality, breadth, and rigor, as well as its place in current debates. They also explore the relationships between Ranci鑽e and the various authors and artists he has analyzed, ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Flaubert, Rossellini, Auerbach, Bourdieu, and Deleuze.

The contributors to this collection do not simply elucidate Ranci鑽e's project; they also critically respond to it from their own perspectives. They consider the theorist's engagement with the writing of history, with institutional and narrative constructions of time, and with the ways that individuals and communities can disturb or reconfigure what he has called the "distribution of the sensible." They examine his unique conception of politics as the disruption of the established distribution of bodies and roles in the social order, and they elucidate his novel account of the relationship between aesthetics and politics by exploring his astute analyses of literature and the visual arts. In the collection's final essay, Ranci鑽e addresses some of the questions raised by the other contributors and returns to his early work to provide a retrospective account of the fundamental stakes of his project.

Contributors. Alain Badiou, ﾉtienne Balibar, Bruno Bosteels, Yves Citton, Tom Conley, Solange Gu駭oun, Peter Hallward, Todd May, Eric M馗houlan, Giuseppina Mecchia, Jean-Luc Nancy, Andrew Parker, Jacques Ranci鑽e, Gabriel Rockhill, Kristin Ross, James Swenson, Rajeshwari Vallury, Philip Watts

Author: Gabriel Rockhill
ISBN-10: 0822345064
ISBN-13: 9780822345060
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d