Understanding Rancire, Understanding Modernism [Paperback]

The contemporary philosopher Jacques Ranci?re has become over the last two decades one of the most influential voices in philosophy, political theory, and literary, art historical, and film criticism. His work reexamines the divisions that have defined our understanding of modernity, such as art and politics, representation and abstraction, and literature and philosophy. Working across these divisions, he engages the historical roots of modernism at the end of the eighteenth century, uncovering forgotten texts in the archive that trouble our notions of intellectual history. The contributors toUnderstanding Ranci?re, Understanding Modernismengage with the multiplicity of Ranci?re's thought through close readings of his texts, through comparative readings with other philosophers, and through an engagement with modernist works of art and literature. The final section of the volume includes an extended glossary of the most important terms used by Ranci?re, which will be a valuable resource for experts and students alike.

Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
Patrick M. Bray, Ohio State University, USA

Part I  Conceptualizing Ranci?re
1.The Hatred of Democracyand The Democratic Torrent: Ranci?res Micropolitics
Emily Apter, New York University, USA
2. Ranci?res Nineteenth Century: Equality and Recognition inNights of Labor
Bettina Lerner, City College CUNY, USA
3.The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Intellectual Emancipation in Circular Form
Leon Sachs, University of Kentucky, USA
4. Literature as Ranci?rian Film Fable
Margaret C. Flinn, Ohio State University, USA
5.The Emancipated Spectatorand Modernism
Cary Hollinshead-Strick,American University of Paris, France
6.Mute Speech: The Silence of Literature in Ranci?res Aesthetic Paradigm
Giuseppina Mecchia, University of PilÓÕ