The Politics of AestheticsThe Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming "aesthetics" from the narrow confines it is often reduced to. Jacques Rancière reveals its intrinsic link to politics by analysing what they both have in common: the delimitation of the visible and the invisible, the audible and the inaudible, the thinkable and the unthinkable, the possible and the impossible. Presented as a set of inter-linked interviews, The Politics of Aesthetics provides the most comprehensive introduction to Rancière's work to date, ranging across the history of art and politics from the Greek polis to the aesthetic revolution of the modern age. Already translated into five languages, this English edition of The Politics of Aesthetics includes a new afterword by Slavoj Zizek, an interview for the English edition, a glossary of technical terms and an extensive bibliography. |
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aesthetic regime aesthetic revolution Alain Badiou Althusserian art and politics artistic practices avant-garde body concept define democracy democratic dēmos discourse dissensus distribution Éditions emancipation equality established esthétique ethical regime Étienne Balibar Europa 51 fact Fascism fiction film flash mobs forms of political forms of visibility French Gabriel Rockhill genres Gilles Deleuze heterology hierarchy hierarchy of genres idea identified imitations indifference inherent inscribed Interview Jacques Rancière Kantian language linked literary literature logic of signification meaning mimēsis modernity modes narrative nomenklatura notion painting paradigm Paris Partage du sensible particular philosophy photography Plato poetic polemical police order political subjects Politics of Aesthetics politics proper politique possible post-political postmodern principle question Rancière's reconfiguration refers regime of art regime of images relationship representation representative regime sayable sense Slavoj Žižek social space speaking specific speech subject matter subjectivization things thinking thought trans transformation translation universal writing written word