Distributions of the Sensible : Ranciere, Between Aesthetics and Politics

Northwestern University Press

Distributions of the SensibleRancire, Between Aesthetics and Politics\nAuthor(s): Scott Durham, Dilip Gaonkar, Benjamin Arditi, Nico Baumbach, Pheng Cheah, Tom Conley, Sudeep Dasgupta, Jason Frank, Eleanor Kaufman, Gluseppina Mecchia\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Northwestern University Press, United States\nImprint: Northwestern University Press\nISBN-13: 9780810140288, 978-0810140288\nSynopsis\nJacques Rancires work is increasingly central to several debates across the humanities. Distributions of the Sensible confronts a question at the heart of his thought: How should we conceive the relationship between the politics of aesthetics and the aesthetics of politics? Specifically, the book explores the implications of Rancires rethinking of the relationship of aesthetic to political democracy from a wide range of critical perspectives.\n\nDistributions of the Sensible contains original essays by leading scholars on topics such as Rancires relation to political theory, critical theory,.