Name: The Flesh of Words: The Politics of Writing (Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics)
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Author: Jacques Rancière
ISBN: 9780804740692

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The Flesh of Words: The Politics of Writing (Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jacques Rancière

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

184

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

0804740690

ISBN13

9780804740692

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Flesh of Words: The Politics of Writing (Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics) "

This new collection of challenging literary studies plays with a foundational definition of Western culture: the word become flesh. But the word become flesh is not, or no longer, a theological already-given. It is a millennial goal or telos toward which each text strives. Both witty and immensely erudite, Jacques Rancière leads the critical reader through a maze of arrivals toward the moment, perhaps always suspended, when the word finds its flesh. That is what he, a valiant and good-humored companion to these texts, goes questing for through seven essays examining a wide variety of familiar and unfamiliar works. A text is always a commencement, the word setting out on its excursions through the implausible vicissitudes of narrative and the bizarre phantasmagorias of imagery, Don Quixote's unsent letter reaching us through generous Balzac, lovely Rimbaud, demonic Althusser. The word is on its way to an incarnation that always lies ahead of the writer and the reader both, in this anguished democracy of language where the word is always taking on its flesh.

Jacques Rancière

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Jacques Rancière (born in 1940) is a French philosopher known for his studies in aesthetics, politics, and education. He became known as the co-author of Reading Capital (1974), where he criticized the positions of his former teacher, Louis Althusser. Throughout his career, he has developed a philosophy focused on equality and intellectual emancipation.

Among his most influential works are The Ignorant Schoolmaster (1987), where he explores emancipatory pedagogy; Disagreement (1995), an analysis of politics and language; and The Emancipated Spectator (2008), which questions passivity in art and politics. His work falls within the philosophical genre and has influenced various fields such as political theory, pedagogy, and aesthetics.

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