Description: A brand new collection of Jacques Ranciere's writings on art and politics.
Brief description: Jacques Rancière taught at the University of Paris VIII, France, from 1969 to 2000, occupying the Chair of Aesthetics and Politics from 1990 until his retirement.
Review Quotes: "Steven Corcoran has provided a timely and coherently organized collection of RanciA]re's short writings, one that can stand as a solid introduction to the author's thought...There is a distinct shift of emphasis that occurs in RanciA]re's writings around the late 1990's, however, and the task of a good collection would be to capture both periods and the thematic interaction between them. The writings gathered here, which date from 1996 to 2004, perform both tasks admirably...For those who seek to get a sense of both the richness and the breadth of the work of one of the most significant thinkers of our time, Dissensus provides a valuable resource. I can think of no better starting point than this collection."
-Todd May, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews