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POLITICS AND AESTHETICS

POLITICS AND AESTHETICS
Genre:

Philosophy

Author:

Jacques Rancière, Peter Engelmann

Publisher:

Passagen

Language:

German

AUTHOR BIO:

Jacques Rancière is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Paris-St. Denis. Peter Engelmann is a publisher, philosopher and editor at Passagen Verlag,

Pages:

112

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DESCRIPTION:

In this book the influential philosopher Jacques Rancière, in discussion with Peter Engelmann, explores the enduring connection between politics and aesthetics, arguing that aesthetics forms the fundamental basis for social and political upheaval. Beginning from his rejection of structuralist Marxism, Rancière outlines the development of his thought from his early studies on workers’ emancipation to his recent work on literature, film and visual art. Rather than discussing aesthetics within narrow terms of how we contemplate art or beauty, Rancière argues that aesthetics underpins our entire ‘regime of experience’. He shows how political relations develop from sensual experience, as individual feelings and perceptions become the concern of the community as a whole. Since politics emerges from the ‘division of the sensual’, aesthetic experience becomes a radically emancipatory and egalitarian means to disrupt this order and transform political reality.

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‘More than a lucid introduction to Rancière’s intellectual history and key concepts, this book’s provocative conversations explore our joint capability for new forms of political expression lying beyond the stultifying logic of the global ruling class.’ _Paul Michael Garrett, NUI Galway, Republic of Ireland Florian Baranyi für den FALTER (Nr.27/16) Cord Riechelmann für die FAZ (13. März 2016)

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