{"product_id":"rethinking-emancipation-conversations-with-aliocha-wald-lasowski-hardback-9781509559220","title":"Rethinking Emancipation; Conversations with Aliocha Wald Lasowski (Hardback) 9781509559220","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking Emancipation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConversations with Aliocha Wald Lasowski\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJacques Ranciere (Author), Andrew Brown (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509559220, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e148 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.6 x 13 x 1.8 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Open-ended, informative, reflecting with acumen and care on the stakes of politics and aesthetics, Aliocha Wald Lasowski's conversation with Jacques Rancière tells us how and why we need dialogue and dissensus to contend with the glaring social inequalities in our midst. Clear and concise on every page, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e mobilizes Rancière's writing from \u003ci\u003eAlthusser's Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e (1974) to \u003ci\u003eAisthesis\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and beyond. A practical work of the highest ethical order.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Conley, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For readers seeking not only to understand why freedom matters, but how it can be made real, Rancière's book – especially in dialogue with these leading radical theorists – is essential reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapital \u0026amp; Class\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFaced with growing inequalities and new forms of domination and exploitation, can the movement of emancipation take on a new life today, or has it been arrested by the powers of repression and normalization?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In order to address this question, Jacques Rancière pays close attention to the sociopolitical rhythms of our time, listening for the figures of trembling and oscillation that are often drowned out by the deafening hubbub of the media.  He questions the relationship between democracies and the very concept of democracy, and questions what, in the social movements and protests taking place today, offers a possibility of emancipation.  Emancipation means breaking out of the established hierarchies, proposing a ludic attitude of free-floating distance and bringing into it a space of equality to replace the dominant order of inequalities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In five conversations on politics, art, literature, philosophy and cinema, Jacques Rancière and Aliocha Wald Lasowski consider the form, experience and collectives which characterise emancipation. In so doing, they imagine the world of tomorrow and the radical utopias that will bring it closer to us.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Aliocha Wald Lasowski\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Politics: The democratic paradox\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Aesthetics: Aesthetic democracy and social emancipation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Literature: the politics of writers and the revolution in literature\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Philosophy: Althusser, the theoretical weapon of a revival of Marxism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Cinema: the sensible fabric of the new life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441813745944,"sku":"9781509559220","price":29.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509559220.jpg?v=1785026875","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-emancipation-conversations-with-aliocha-wald-lasowski-hardback-9781509559220","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}