Aisthesis : scenes from the aesthetic regime of art / Jacques Rancière ; Translated by Zakir Paul.
| Author/creator | Rancière, Jacques |
| Other author | Zakir, Paul, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London : Verso Books, 2013. |
| Description | xvi, 272 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Aisthesis. English |
| 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) -- The 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). |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Translated from French. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2013004995 |
| ISBN | 9781781680896 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1781680892 (hardback : alk. paper) |