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Title

Aisthesis : scenes from the aesthetic regime of art / Jacques Rancière ; Translated by Zakir Paul.

Author

Rancière, Jacques

Publication

London ; New York : Verso Books, 2013.

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Description

xvi, 272; 25 cm

Summary

Democratic malaise, political disarray and panic: a year after Francois Hollande's election, things aren't looking good. Jacques Ranciére and Pierre Rosanvallon, two major thinkers and theorists of democracy, attempt to understand our moral and political predicament. --from publisher description.

Uniform Title

Aisthesis. English

Alternative Title

Aisthesis.

Subject

• Aesthetics, Modern
• Ästhetik
• Esthetica

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Translated to English from French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Divided beauty (Dresden, 1764) -- Little gods of the street (Munich-Berlin, 1828) -- Plebeian heaven (Paris, 1830) -- The poet of the new world (Boston, 1841-New York, 1855) -- The gymnasts of the impossible (Paris, 1879) -- The dance of light (Paris, Folies Bergère, 1893) -- The immobile theatre (Paris 1894-95) -- Decorative art as social art: temple, house, factory (Paris-London-Berlin) -- Master of surfaces (Paris, 1902) -- The temple staircase (Moscow-Dresden, 1912) -- The machine and its shadow (Hollywood, 1916) -- The majesty of the moment (New York, 1921) -- Seeing things through things (Moscow, 1926) -- The cruel radiance of what is (Hale County, 1936-New York, 1941).

ISBN

• 9781781680896 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 1781680892 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2013004995
• 40022473075

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library