Jacques Ranciere and the Contemporary Scene

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This finely tuned collection of writings from some of the most astute readers of Jacques Ranciere throughout the world not only engages the analytics of his work, but put his insights to work. Ranciere's own contribution - as a reader of his readers - is nothing less than incisive. In short, Deranty and Ross have edited a stellar set of essays that will become a primary source for anyone interested in the singularly unique, multidisciplinary aspects of Ranciere's critical ideas. -- Davide Panagia, Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies, Co-Editor, Theory & Event, Trent University, Canada This collection of essays is a testament to the breadth and depth of the influence of Ranciere's project to date. Staged as a series of specific interventions into the various fields that he has engaged with-ranging from film theory and aesthetics to history, pedagogy, politics, work and emancipation-it provides the reader with a kaleidoscope of perspectives that appropriately mirrors Ranciere's forceful impact on the contemporary scene. The final essay is a fitting capstone to this important collection since Ranciere himself provides a sustained reflection on his own asystematic work as an idiosyncratic analysis of the work of dissensus that is at one and the same time a performative manifestation thereof. -- Gabriel Rockhill, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University, USA