On the Shores of Politics - by Jacques Ranciere (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"It is frequently said that we are living through the end of politics, the end of social upheavals, the end of utopian folly. Consensual realism is the order of the day. But political realists, remarks Jacques Ranciere, are always several steps behind reality, and the only thing which may come to an end with their dominance is democracy. 'We could', he suggests, 'merely smile at the duplicity of the conclusion/suppression of politics which is simultaneously a suppression/conclusion of philosophy'"--Publisher marketing<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>It is frequently said that we are living through the end of politics, the end of social upheavals, the end of utopian folly. Consensual realism is the order of the day. But political realists, remarks Jacques Ranciere, are always several steps behind reality, and the only thing which may come to an end with their dominance is democracy. 'We could', he suggests, 'merely smile at the duplicity of the conclusion/suppression of politics which is simultaneously a suppression/conclusion of philosophy.' <p/>This is precisely the task which Ranciere undertakes in these subtle and perceptive essays. He argues persuasively that since Plato and Aristotle politics has always constructed itself as the art of ending politics, that realism is itself utopian, and that what has succeeded the polemical forms of class struggle is not the wisdom of a new millennium but the return of old fears, criminality and chaos. Whether he is discussing the confrontation between Mitterrand and Chirac, French working-class discourse after the 1830 revolution, or the ideology of recent student mobilizations, his aim is to restore philosophy to politics and give politics back its original and necessary meaning: the organization of dissent.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>These are key texts in the study of modernism, of expressionist drama and of realism, and of many closesly related general questions. ... It is genuinely an indispensable volume.--Raymond Williams <p/>This is vital reading for anyone concerned with the relationship between art and socialism.--John Fowles <p/>Unlike conventional anthologies of Marxist writings on art, <i>Aesthetic and Politics</i> has the form of an intellectual epic, presented as a series of mutual confronations between its protagonists.--Telos<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jacques Rancière</b> is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-VIII. His books include <i>The Politics of Aesthetics</i>, <i>On the Shores of Politics</i>, <i>Short Voyages to the Land of the People</i>, <i>The Nights of Labor</i>, <i>Staging the People</i>, and <i>The Emancipated Spectator</i>.
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