Autorentext
Jean-Philippe Deranty is Associate
Professor in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. In addition
to his monograph on Axel Honneth, Beyond
Communication (Brill, 2009) and several edited collections on contemporary
Critical Theory, he is the editor of Jacques
Rancière: Key Concepts (Acumen, July 2010).
Alison Ross is Senior Lecturer in Critical Theory at Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of The Aesthetic Paths
of Philosophy (Stanford UP, 2007) and the editor of The Agamben Effect
(South Atlantic Quarterly, 2008).
Zusammenfassung
This book forms the first criticalstudy of Jacques Ranci re's impact and contribution to contemporary theoreticaland interdisciplinary studies. It showcases the work of leading scholars infields such as political theory, history and aesthetic theory; each of whom areuniquely situated to engage with the novelty of Ranci re's thinking withintheir respective fields. Each of the essays provides aninvestigation into the critical stance Ranci re takes towards hiscontemporaries, concentrating on the versatile application of his thought todiverse fields of study (including, political and education theory, cinemastudies, literary and aesthetic theory, and historical studies). The aim ofthis collection is to use the critical interventions Ranci re's writing makeson current topics and themes as a way of offering new critical perspectives onhis thought. Wielding their individual expertise, each contributor assesses hisperspectives and positions on thinkers and topics of contemporary importance.The edition includes a new essay by Jacques Ranci re, which charts thedifferent problems and motivations that have shaped his work.
Inhalt
Acknowledgements \ Contributor Notes \ 1. Jacques
Rancière and the Contemporary Scene: The Evidence of Equality and the Practice
of Writing Jean-Philippe Deranty and Alison Ross \ 2. Movies as the Great
Democratic Art Form of the Modern World (Notes on Rancière) JM Bernstein \ 3. 'Godard
and Rancière: Automatism, Montage, Thinking' Lisa Trahair \ 4. The Names in
History: Rancière's New Historical Poetics Dmitri Nikulin \ 5. Equality in the Romantic Art Form: The
Hegelian Background to Jacques Rancière's 'Aesthetic Revolution' Alison Ross \ 6.
No time or place for universal teaching:
The Ignorant Schoolmaster and contemporary work on pedagogy Caroline Pelletier
\ 7. Rancière and Anarchism Todd May \ 8. Rancière's utopian politics Paul
Patton \ 9. Hannah Arendt and the Philosophical Repression of Politics Andrew
Schaap \10. The Many Marx of Jacques
Rancière Emmanuel Renault \ 11. Work in the writings of Jacques Rancière Jean-Philippe
Deranty \ 12. Work, identity, subject Jacques Rancière \ Bibliography\ Index