I rode several of my favorite escalators in Philadelphia, taking notes up and down the
vantages. At the bottom and the top of the ride, I would show photographs of myself to …

2 READING RANCIÈRE returning to the definition of an anthropological disposition to
political life, to the idea that politics is based on the human capacity of speaking and …

The twenty-first century has brought a renewed interest in democratic theory and practices,
creating a complicated relationship between time-honoured democratic traditions and new …

This book is a critical introduction to contemporary French philosopher Jacques Rancière. It
is the first introduction in any language to cover all of his major work and offers an …

In her influential discussion of the plight of stateless people, Hannah Arendt invokes the
'right to have rights' as the one true human right. In doing so she establishes an aporia. If …

Although relatively unknown a decade ago, the work of Jacques Ranciere is fast becoming a
central reference in the humanities and social sciences. His thinking brings a fresh …

Humanism is making a comeback; not the rationalist, univer-salist variety discredited by
poststructuralism and the horrific events of the twentieth century, but a newer variant, one …

Over the past decade, Jacques Rancière's writings have increasingly provoked and inspired
political theorists who wish to avoid both the abstraction of so-called normative theories and …

Jacques Rancière's understanding of politics centers on the struggles of disenfranchised or
marginalized groups who demonstrate their equality and become political subjects by …

In Unbecoming Language, Annabel L. Kim examines a corpus of French literature writing
against difference. Inaugurated by Nathalie Sarraute and sustained in the work of Monique …