Reading Ranciere: Critical Dissensus [Hardcover]

Over the past 40 years, Jacques Ranci?re's work has defined itself through a remarkable set of philosophical differences in relation to other key figures working in the fields of politics, philosophy and aesthetics. There have been significant philosophical, theoretical and aesthetic disagreements with influential figures in contemporary thought, including Althusser, Bourdieu, Derrida, Agamben, Deleuze, Foucault, Habermas and Badiou. Through these differences Ranci?re has emerged as one of the world's leading contemporary theorists.

Whilst Ranci?re has long been a well-known force in francophone contexts, the translation of his works into English has generated a lot of excitement and catapulted him to the forefront of attention in several putatively distinct but interconnected fields: philosophy, politics, critical theory, aesthetics and film. Reading Ranci?re intervenes in this ongoing discourse by assembling an eminent collection of critical assessments of the significance of Ranci?re's diverse impact and growing influence. This book offers a sustained, critically balanced response to the work of this major contemporary theorist, as well as a new interview and a key text published here for the first time.

Paul Bowman teaches Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. He is author of Post-Marxism versus Cultural Studies (Edinburgh UP, 2007), Deconstructing Popular Culture (Palgrave, 2008) and Theorizing Bruce Lee (Rodopi, 2009).
Richard Stamp is Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Film & Screen Studies at Bath Spa University, UK.

Introduction: A Critical Dissensus, Paul Bowman and Richard Stamp \ 1. The Thinking of Dissensus: Politics and Aesthetics, Jacques Ranci?re \ 2. The Politics of the Police: From Neoliberalism to Anarchism, and Back to Democracy, Samuel A. Chambers \ 3. On Captivation: A Remainder from the Indistinction of Art and Nonart', Rey Chow and Julian Rohrhuber \ 4. Politics without Politics, Jodi Dean \ 5. Out of Place: Unprl#¦