Egalitarian moments : from Descartes to Rancière /
Author / Creator: | Shaw, Devin Zane, author. |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. |
Description: | x, 208 pages ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10392403 |
Summary: | Jacques Rancière's work has challenged many of the assumptions of contemporary continental philosophy by placing equality at the forefront of emancipatory political thought and aesthetics. Drawing on the claim that egalitarian politics persistently appropriates elements from political philosophy to engage new forms of dissensus, Devin Zane Shaw argues that Rancière's work also provides an opportunity to reconsider modern philosophy and aesthetics in light of the question of equality. In Part I, Shaw examines Rancière's philosophical debts to the 'good sense' of Cartesian egalitarianism and the existentialist critique of identity. In Part II, he outlines Rancière's critical analyses of Walter Benjamin and Clement Greenberg and offers a reinterpretation of Rancière's debate with Alain Badiou in light of the philosophical differences between Schiller and Schelling. |
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Physical Description: | x, 208 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781472505446 1472505441 9781472508218 9781472509673 |