Dissensus

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On Politics and Aesthetics

Jacques Rancière (University of Paris VIII, France), Steven Corcoran, Steven Corcoran

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Bloomsbury Publishing
17 January 2010

Theory of art; Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory

Dissensus: On Politics and Aesthetics brings together some of Jacques Rancière's key recent writings on art and politics to show the critical potential of two of his most important concepts: the aesthetics of politics and the politics of aesthetics.

In this illuminating collection, Rancière engages in a radical critique of some of his major contemporaries on questions of art and politics: Gilles Deleuze, Antonio Negri, Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou and Jacques Derrida. The essays show how Rancière's ideas can be used to analyse contemporary trends in both art and politics, including the events surrounding 9/11, war in the contemporary consensual age, and the ethical turn in aesthetics and politics. Rancière elaborates new directions for the concepts of politics and communism, as well as the notion of what a 'politics of art' might be.

With a brand new introduction from the translator this is a superb collection of the work of one of the world's most influential contemporary thinkers.

By: Jacques Rancière (University of Paris VIII France)
Introduction by: Steven Corcoran
Translated by: Steven Corcoran
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 136mm, Width: 196mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 324g
ISBN: 9781847064455
ISBN 10: 1847064450
Publication Date: 17 January 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Translator's Introduction \ Preface \ Part I: The Aesthetics of Politics \ 1. Ten Theses on Politics \ 2. Does Democracy Mean Something? \ 3. Who is the Subject of the Rights of Man? \ 4. Communism: From Actuality to Inactuality \ 5. The People or the Multitudes? \ 6. Biopolitics or Politics? \ 7. September 11 and Afterwards: A Rupture in the Symbolic Order? \ 8. Of War as the Supreme Form of Advanced Plutocratic Consensus \ Part II: The Politics of Aesthetics \ 9. The Aesthetic Revolution and its Outcomes \ 10. The Paradoxes of Political Art \ 11. The Politics of Literature \ 12. The Monument and its Confidences, or Deleuze and Art's Capacity for 'Resistance' \ 13. The Ethical Turn of Aesthetics and Politics \ Part III: Response to Critics \ 14. The Usage of Distinctions \ Index.

Reviews for Dissensus: On Politics and Aesthetics

"Rewarding in its scholarly engagement with Derrida, Arendt, Lyotard et al ... [Rancière] has a certain sardonic precision. -- The Guardian ""Steven Corcoran has provided a timely and coherently organized collection of RanciÃ¨re's short writings, one that can stand as a solid introduction to the author's thought...There is a distinct shift of emphasis that occurs in RanciÃ¨re's writings around the late 1990's, however, and the task of a good collection would be to capture both periods and the thematic interaction between them. The writings gathered here, which date from 1996 to 2004, perform both tasks admirably...For those who seek to get a sense of both the richness and the breadth of the work of one of the most significant thinkers of our time, Dissensus provides a valuable resource. I can think of no better starting point than this collection."" -Todd May, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews An accessible introduction to Rancière's thought and an essential collection of his essays. -- Marx & Philosophy Review of Books Title mention in Times Higher Education, January 2010"