Understanding ranciere, understanding modernism

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Patrick M. Bray, The Ohio State University, USA Part I -- Conceptualizing Rancière -- 1. Mallarmé, politique de la sirène -- Bruno Bosteels, Cornell University, USA -- 2. 'The Democratic Torrent': Politics of the Social in Rancière's Hatred of Democracy -- Emily Apter, New York University, USA -- 3. Écarts du cinéma -- 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 -- Rancière and Aesthetics -- 9. Staging a conversation between Rancière and feminist theory -- Tina Chanter, Kingston University London, UK -- 10. Reassessing Rancière and Video Art -- Tim Murray, Cornell University, USA -- 11. Rancière and Proust -- Suzanne Guerlac, University of California, Berkeley -- 12. Rancière's critique of modernism -- Alison Ross, Monash University, Australia -- 13. Laboring Arms and the Floating Gaze: Rancière's New Sensorium -- Marina Van Zuylen, Bard College, USA -- 14. Rancière and Latin American Modernism -- Silvia López, Carleton College, USA -- 15. Rancière and Virginia Woolf -- Ewa Ziarek, SUNY Buffalo, USA -- 16. On Rancière's Opposition of Politics and Police: Meaning and Consequences -- Étienne Balibar, Columbia University, USA, and Université de Paris-Ouest Nanterre, France Part III -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Index.

"The contemporary philosopher Jacques Rancière 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 Rancière, Understanding Modernism engage with the multiplicity of Rancière'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 Rancière, which will be a valuable resource for experts and students alike"--

"Explores and illuminates Rancière's profound impact on our understanding of literary modernism"--