Introduction -- Patrick M. Bray, The Ohio State University, USA Part I -- Conceptualizing Ranciere -- 1. Mallarme, politique de la sirene -- Bruno Bosteels, Cornell University, USA -- 2. 'The Democratic Torrent': Politics of the Social in Ranciere's Hatred of Democracy -- Emily Apter, New York University, USA -- 3. Ecarts du cinema -- Tom Conley, Harvard University, USA -- 4. Film Fables -- Margaret Flinn, The Ohio State University, USA -- 5. Proletarian Nights -- Bettina Lerner, City College CUNY, USA -- 6. The Ignorant Schoolmaster -- Leon Sachs, University of Kentucky, USA -- 7. The Emancipated Spectator -- Cary Hollinshead-Strick, American University of Paris, France -- 8. Silent Speech -- Giuseppina Mecchia, University of Pittsburgh, USA Part II -- Ranciere and Aesthetics -- 9. Staging a conversation between Ranciere and feminist theory -- Tina Chanter, Kingston University London, UK -- 10. Reassessing Ranciere and Video Art -- Tim Murray, Cornell University, USA -- 11. Ranciere and Proust -- Suzanne Guerlac, University of California, Berkeley -- 12. Ranciere's critique of modernism -- Alison Ross, Monash University, Australia -- 13. Laboring Arms and the Floating Gaze: Ranciere's New Sensorium -- Marina Van Zuylen, Bard College, USA -- 14. Ranciere and Latin American Modernism -- Silvia Lopez, Carleton College, USA -- 15. Ranciere and Virginia Woolf -- Ewa Ziarek, SUNY Buffalo, USA -- 16. On Ranciere's Opposition of Politics and Police: Meaning and Consequences -- Etienne Balibar, Columbia University, USA, and Universite de Paris-Ouest Nanterre, France Part III -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Index.
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"Explores and illuminates Ranciere's profound impact on our understanding of literary modernism"-- Provided by publisher. "The contemporary philosopher Jacques Ranciere has become over the last two decades one of the most influential voices in 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 in the nineteenth century, uncovering forgotten texts in the archive that trouble our notions of intellectual history. The contributors to Understanding Ranciere, Understanding Modernism engage with the multiplicity of Ranciere'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 Ranciere, which will be a valuable resource for experts and students alike"-- Provided by publisher.
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