Proletarian Nights (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781844677788)

Proletarian Nights, previously published in English as Nights of Labor and one of Ranci re's most important works, dramatically reinterprets the Revolution of 1830, contending that workers were not rebelling against specific hardships and conditions but against the unyielding predetermination of their lives. Through a study of worker-run newspapers, letters, journals, and worker-poetry, Ranci re reveals the contradictory and conflicting stories that challenge the coherence of these statements celebrating labor.

This updated edition includes a new preface by the author, revisiting the work twenty years since its first publication in France.

Author: Jacques Ranciere
ISBN-10: 1844677788
ISBN-13: 9781844677788
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2012
Pages: 478
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d