DOCSLIB.ORG

Jacques Rancière: History, Politics, Aesthetics

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Jacques Rancière: History, Politics, Aesthetics jacques rancière history, politics, aesthetics jacques rancière gabriel rockhill and philip watts, eds. duke university press durham and london 2009 ∫ 2009 Duke University Press All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper $ Designed by Katy Clove Typeset in Minion by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. Contents Introduction / Jacques Rancière: Thinker of Dissensus gabriel rockhill and philip watts 1 part one: history 1. Historicizing Untimeliness kristin ross 15 2. The Lessons of Jacques Rancière: Knowledge and Power after the Storm alain badiou 30 3. Sophisticated Continuities and Historical Discontinuities, Or, Why Not Protagoras? eric méchoulan 55 4. The Classics and Critical Theory in Postmodern France: The Case of Jacques Rancière giuseppina mecchia 67 5. Rancière and Metaphysics jean-luc nancy 83 part two: politics 6. What Is Political Philosophy? Contextual Notes étienne balibar 95 7. Rancière in South Carolina todd may 105 8. Political Agency and the Ambivalence of the Sensible yves citton 120 9. Staging Equality: Rancière’s Theatrocracy and the Limits of Anarchic Equality peter hallward 140 10. Rancière’s Leftism, Or, Politics and Its Discontents bruno bosteels 158 11. Jacques Rancière’s Ethical Turn and the Thinking of Discontents solange guénoun 176 part three: aesthetics 12. The Politics of Aesthetics: Political History and the Hermeneutics of Art gabriel rockhill 195 13. Cinema and Its Discontents tom conley 216 14. Politicizing Art in Rancière and Deleuze: The Case of Postcolonial Literature raji vallury 229 15. Impossible Speech Acts: Jacques Rancière’s Erich Auerbach andrew parker 249 16. Style indirect libre james swenson 258 Afterword / The Method of Equality: An Answer to Some Questions jacques rancière 273 Notes 289 Bibliography 327 Index 341 Contributors and Translators 355 Acknowledgments This collection of essays has its earliest origins in a conference organized by Philip Watts at the University of Pittsburgh in March 2005 entitled Jacques Rancière: Politics and Aesthetics. We would like to thank the Department of French and Italian at the University of Pittsburgh, and in particular Monika Losagio, as well as Dean John Cooper and Associate Dean Jim Knapp for their generous support. We would also like to thank the graduate students in French at the University of Pittsburgh for their participation, and Melissa Deininger for her design of the conference program. Given the high quality of the presentations and the growing interest in Rancière’s work, we began discussing the possibility of editing a volume of essays. This idea was bolstered by the success of the con- ference organized at the Centre Culturel International de Cerisy la Salle in May 2005, where Alain Badiou and Jean-Luc Nancy presented the papers included in this collection. After the conference we contacted Étienne Balibar, who kindly agreed to let us translate one of his essays that examines Rancière’s arguments in Dis-agreement. In order to in- clude an essay on Rancière’s important contribution to film theory, we also contacted Tom Conley for his well-known work in this area. Finally, Rancière himself was kind enough to write the afterword. We would like to express our immense gratitude to him for his support and generosity in helping complete this project. As all of those who have had the pleasure to work with him already know, his intellectual prowess goes hand in hand with a profound benevolence. We would like to thank all of the contributors to this collection as well as all of those who have helped bring this longstanding project to com- pletion, including Courtney Berger and Ken Wissoker at Duke Univer- sity Press, and the translators who graciously agreed to work with us on this project: John Hulsey, Philip E. Lewis, Catherine Porter, and Tzuchien Tho. viii Acknowledgments Introduction Jacques Rancière: Thinker of Dissensus gabriel rockhill and philip watts Jacques Rancière has written some of the most significant philosophic work to be published in French in the last forty years. His corpus to date extends well beyond traditional philosophic boundaries, and includes engagements with the fields of history, politics, sociology, literary the- ory, literary history, art, psychoanalysis, and film theory. Although he has an explicit aversion to systematic philosophies, it is clear that he has developed a unique and robust project that is helping reshape academic disciplines and contemporary thought about the complex relationship between politics and aesthetics. If his reception in the English-speaking world has not kept apace with his rise to prominence in France and other parts of the world, it is in part due to the fact that his idiosyncratic work does not fit comfortably within the dominant models of intellectual importation. Although he is still sometimes mistakenly classified as a structuralist because of his early contribution to Louis Althusser’s Lire le Capital (1965), his first book was a virulent collection of essays upbraiding his former maître (La leçon d’Althusser, 1974), and he has repeatedly criticized the dis- course of mastery and the logic of hidden truths, which he identifies with the structuralist project reaching back to Marx.∞ At the same time, there are a number of patent markers that di√erentiate his work from that of his ‘‘poststructuralist’’ compatriots, including his aversion to compulsive textualism (visible in the general lack of direct quotations and his allergy to etymology), his angst-free relationship to Hegel, his general indi√erence toward phenomenology, his lack of deference to ethico-religious forms of alterity, his criticisms of the ethical turn in politics, his disregard for the supposed specters of metaphysics and the project of deconstruction, and his intense commitment to history that has led him beyond the canonical writers of the philosophic tradition. His distance from what is called poststructuralism should have been visible in the opening lines of his very first book, where he not only rejected the structuralist distinction between science and ideology, but where he also forcefully declared his distance from Gilles Deleuze and Jean-François Lyotard, often identified as members of the ‘‘poststruc- turalist’’ avant-garde. From the very beginning, Rancière was interested in developing a research agenda that broke with the dominant intellec- tual paradigm of his student years—structuralism—without following the lead of the ‘‘philosophers of di√erence.’’ One of the fundamental objectives of this collection of essays is to show that Rancière does not fit comfortably within either of these iden- tifiable movements, and that this is precisely one of the reasons why his work should be of interest today. Rather than rehearsing what have now become the familiar arguments of his immediate predecessors or simply exercising a form of exegetical thinking by updating the work of a single grand master from the past, Rancière has patiently elaborated a dis- tinct project with its own conceptual vocabulary and analytic strate- gies. His work also maintains a sharp polemical edge, as he regularly attacks prevailing assumptions and tenaciously dismantles their under- lying theoretical framework. He is a veritable thinker of dissensus who is constantly undermining what is easily taken to be the solid footing of previous philosophic work in order to resist the consensual systems of discourse and action that are in place. The second major goal of this collection is to emphasize the breadth of Rancière’s project and its relevance to a large number of current de- 2 gabriel rockhill and philip watts bates. For organizational purposes, we have chosen to divide the book into three sections, each one corresponding to the three principal areas of research Rancière has contributed to: history, politics, and aesthetics. Given the richness and depth of his work, as well as his distrust of insti- tutional and disciplinary boundaries, it should come as no surprise that the essays grouped together in each of these sections touch on a myriad of di√erent domains, ranging from the history of philosophy, art, and literature to political theory, aesthetics, historiography, psychoanalysis, ethics, and film. They also elucidate and explore the relationships be- tween Rancière and the various authors and artists he has analyzed, ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Mallarmé, Auerbach, Bourdieu, Deleuze, and Badiou. The third and final goal of this collection is to critically engage with Rancière’s work. Rather than waning into laudatory hagiography or sectarian repetitions of Rancière’s lyrical style, the authors take his work as a crucial reference point in current debates, whose force comes not only from providing answers but also from proposing methods and raising important questions. In other words, the contributors to this collection aim not only at elucidating Rancière’s project but also at critically responding to it from their own perspectives. history Jacques Rancière has consistently engaged with the writing of history, with institutional and narrative constructions of time, and with the ways in which individuals and communities can disrupt what he has called the distribution of the sensible (le partage du sensible).≤ Seeking to draw attention to these ruptures and their potential for producing social change, Rancière has frequently argued with historians and social theo- rists who, even as they seemed to take
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Medieval Western Philosophy: the European Emergence
    Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series I, Culture and Values, Volume 9 History of Western Philosophy by George F. McLean and Patrick J. Aspell Medieval Western Philosophy: The European Emergence By Patrick J. Aspell The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy 1 Copyright © 1999 by The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Gibbons Hall B-20 620 Michigan Avenue, NE Washington, D.C. 20064 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Aspell, Patrick, J. Medieval western philosophy: the European emergence / Patrick J. Aspell. p.cm. — (Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Series I. Culture and values ; vol. 9) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Philosophy, Medieval. I. Title. III. Series. B721.A87 1997 97-20069 320.9171’7’090495—dc21 CIP ISBN 1-56518-094-1 (pbk.) 2 Table of Contents Chronology of Events and Persons Significant in and beyond the History of Medieval Europe Preface xiii Part One: The Origins of Medieval Philosophy 1 Chapter I. Augustine: The Lover of Truth 5 Chapter II. Universals According to Boethius, Peter Abelard, and Other Dialecticians 57 Chapter III. Christian Neoplatoists: John Scotus Erigena and Anselm of Canterbury 73 Part Two: The Maturity of Medieval Philosophy Chronology 97 Chapter IV. Bonaventure: Philosopher of the Exemplar 101 Chapter V. Thomas Aquinas: Philosopher of the Existential Act 155 Part Three: Critical Reflection And Reconstruction 237 Chapter VI. John Duns Scotus: Metaphysician of Essence 243 Chapter
    [Show full text]
  • A Conversation with Gabriel Rockhill
    Critical Leverage in the Current Conjuncture: A Dialogue with Gabriel Rockhill Concerning Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique An Encounter based on: Gabriel Rockhill and Alfredo Gomez-Muller, eds. Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique: Dialogues. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 2011. 240 pages. GABRIEL ROCKHILL in Conversation with SUMMER RENAULT-STEELE Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique is a collection of eight interviews between editors Gabriel Rockhill, Alfredo Gomez-Muller, and a number of the leading minds in contemporary political philosophy. The collection explores some of the most recent developments in critical theory, broadly construed, and illuminates the relationship between critical theory and other political-theoretical alternatives at its horizons. All eight interviews traverse current events in politics and economics while maintaining a theoretical concern for larger questions of oppression, emancipation, recognition, culture, religion, ethics, and history. Therefore, in the original spirit of critical theory, Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique manages to be effectively topical as well as philosophical in scope, serving not only as a valuable collection for those already invested in critical theory, but also, as a practical introduction to some of the leading issues and intellectuals of our time. The following conversation aims to contextualize the book for readers as well as to articulate and interrogate some of the key concepts and debates at the book’s core. This exchange took place over email. PhaenEx 7, no. 1 (spring/summer 2012): 347-364 © 2012 Gabriel Rockhill and Summer Renault-Steele - 348 - PhaenEx SUMMER RENAULT-STEELE: Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique begins with a substantial introduction and a preliminary dialogue by yourself and Alfredo Gomez-Muller.
    [Show full text]
  • Becoming-Other: Foucault, Deleuze, and the Political Nature of Thought Vernon W
    Philosophy Faculty Publications Philosophy 4-2014 Becoming-Other: Foucault, Deleuze, and the Political Nature of Thought Vernon W. Cisney Gettysburg College Follow this and additional works at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/philfac Part of the Philosophy of Mind Commons Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Cisney, Vernon W. "Becoming-Other: Foucault, Deleuze, and the Nature of Thought." Foucault Studies 17 Special Issue: Foucault and Deleuze (April 2014). This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution. Cupola permanent link: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/philfac/37 This open access article is brought to you by The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The uC pola. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Becoming-Other: Foucault, Deleuze, and the Political Nature of Thought Abstract In this paper I employ the notion of the ‘thought of the outside’ as developed by Michel Foucault, in order to defend the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze against the criticisms of ‘elitism,’ ‘aristocratism,’ and ‘political indifference’—famously leveled by Alain Badiou and Peter Hallward. First, I argue that their charges of a theophanic conception of Being, which ground the broader political claims, derive from a misunderstanding of Deleuze’s notion of univocity, as well as a failure to recognize the significance of the concept of multiplicity in Deleuze’s thinking. From here, I go on to discuss Deleuze’s articulation of the ‘dogmatic image of thought,’ which, insofar as it takes ‘recognition’ as its model, can only ever think what is already solidified and sedimented as true, in light of existing structures and institutions of power.
    [Show full text]
  • Thomas Aquinas: Soul-Body Connection and the Afterlife Hyde Dawn Krista University of Missouri-St
    University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Theses Graduate Works 4-16-2012 Thomas Aquinas: Soul-Body Connection and the Afterlife Hyde Dawn Krista University of Missouri-St. Louis, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/thesis Recommended Citation Krista, Hyde Dawn, "Thomas Aquinas: Soul-Body Connection and the Afterlife" (2012). Theses. 261. http://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/261 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Works at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thomas Aquinas: Soul-Body Connection and the Afterlife Krista Hyde M.L.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 2010 B.A., Philosophy, Southeast Missouri State University – Cape Girardeau, 2003 A Thesis Submitted to The Graduate School at the University of Missouri – St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Philosophy April 2012 Advisory Committee Gualtiero Piccinini, Ph.D. Chair Jon McGinnis, Ph.D. John Brunero, Ph.D. Copyright, Krista Hyde, 2012 Abstract Thomas Aquinas nearly succeeds in addressing the persistent problem of the mind-body relationship by redefining the human being as a body-soul (matter-form) composite. This redefinition makes the interaction problem of substance dualism inapplicable, because there is no soul “in” a body. However, he works around the mind- body problem only by sacrificing an immaterial afterlife, as well as the identity and separability of the soul after death. Additionally, Thomistic psychology has difficulty accounting for the transmission of universals, nor does it seem able to overcome the arguments for causal closure.
    [Show full text]
  • Programmation De France Médias Monde Format
    Mardi 14 mars 2017 RFI ET FRANCE 24 MOBILISEES A L’OCCASION DE LA JOURNEE DE LA LANGUE FRANCAISE DANS LES MEDIAS Lundi 20 mars 2017 Le 20 mars, RFI et France 24 s’associent à la troisième édition de la « Journée de la langue française dans les médias », initiée par le CSA, dans le cadre de la « Semaine de la langue française et de la Francophonie ». A cette occasion, RFI délocalise son antenne à l’Académie française et propose une programmation spéciale avec notamment l’annonce dans l’émission « La danse des mots » des résultats de son jeu « Speakons français » qui invitait, cette année, les auditeurs et internautes à trouver des équivalents français à des anglicismes courants utilisés dans le monde du sport. France 24 consacre reportages et entretiens à l’enjeu de la qualité de la langue française employée dans les médias qui, plus qu’un simple outil de communication, est une manière de comprendre le monde en le nommant. Les rédactions en langues étrangères de RFI sont également mobilisées, notamment à travers leurs émissions bilingues, qui invitent les auditeurs à se familiariser à la langue française. Celles-ci viennent appuyer le travail du service RFI Langue française, qui à travers le site RFI SAVOIRS met à disposition du grand public et des professionnels de l’éducation des ressources et outils pour apprendre le français et comprendre le monde en français. Enfin, France 24 diffusera, du 20 au 26 mars, les spots de sensibilisation « Dites-le en français » , réalisés par les équipes de France Médias Monde avec France Télévisions et TV5MONDE.
    [Show full text]
  • Haecceities, Quiddities, and Structure∗
    compiled on 18 December 2015 at 14:00 Haecceities, quiddities, and structure∗ Wolfgang Schwarz Draft, 18 December 2015 Abstract. Suppose all truths are made true by the distribution of funda- mental properties and relations over fundamental particulars. The world is then completely characterized by stating which fundamental properties and relations are instantiated by which fundamental particulars. But do we have to mention the fundamental particulars by name? Arguably not. Arguably, all truths – or at least all truths we can ever know – are made true by the pattern in which fundamental properties and relations are instantiated by fundamental particulars, irrespective of the identity (“haecceity”) of those particulars. Parallel arguments suggest that the identity (“quiddity”) of fundamental properties and relations can be omitted. It would follow that all truths (or all knowable truths) are made true by the abstract structure of the world, the pattern in which fundamental properties and relations are instantiated by fundamental particulars, irrespective of the identity of the properties, relations, and particulars. I argue that this is almost correct: while not all truths are made true by the abstract structure of the world, the remaining truths are (in a certain sense) not made true by the world at all. 1 Introduction Most truths can be explained by other, more fundamental truths. That salt dissolves in water, for example, can be explained by the chemical composition of salt and water together with the general laws of physics. Explanations of this kind plausibly come to an end. At some point we reach a bottom level of fundamental facts that are not explainable in terms of anything more basic.
    [Show full text]
  • The Inventory of the Richard Roud Collection #1117
    The Inventory of the Richard Roud Collection #1117 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center ROOD, RICHARD #1117 September 1989 - June 1997 Biography: Richard Roud ( 1929-1989), as director of both the New York and London Film Festivals, was responsible for both discovering and introducing to a wider audience many of the important directors of the latter half th of the 20 - century (many of whom he knew personally) including Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Bresson, Luis Buiiuel, R.W. Fassbinder, Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Terry Malick, Ermanno Ohni, Jacques Rivette and Martin Scorsese. He was an author of books on Jean-Marie Straub, Jean-Luc Godard, Max Ophuls, and Henri Langlois, as well as the editor of CINEMA: A CRITICAL DICTIONARY. In addition, Mr. Roud wrote extensive criticism on film, the theater and other visual arts for The Manchester Guardian and Sight and Sound and was an occasional contributor to many other publications. At his death he was working on an authorized biography of Fran9ois Truffaut and a book on New Wave film. Richard Roud was a Fulbright recipient and a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor. Scope and contents: The Roud Collection (9 Paige boxes, 2 Manuscript boxes and 3 Packages) consists primarily of book research, articles by RR and printed matter related to the New York Film Festival and prominent directors. Material on Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut and Henri Langlois is particularly extensive. Though considerably smaller, the Correspondence file contains personal letters from many important directors (see List ofNotable Correspondents). The Photographs file contains an eclectic group of movie stills.
    [Show full text]
  • Bibliothèque De L'institut De France Rapport D'activité
    BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE RAPPORT D’ACTIVITÉ 2016 par Françoise Bérard, conservateur général, directeur de la bibliothèque, avril 2017 SOMMAIRE Introduction. ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Principaux points 2016 ....................................................................................................................... 4 1. Moyens .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Budget ................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Personnel ............................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Locaux .................................................................................................................................... 10 1.4 Équipement, fournitures, contrats, travaux .......................................................................... 12 1.5 Moyens informatiques .......................................................................................................... 12 2. Enrichissement des collections .................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Achats ...................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Deleuze and the Logic of Creation
    ‘A Part’ of the World: Deleuze and the Logic of Creation Christopher Satoor York University Abstract Is there a particular danger in following Deleuze’s philosophy to its end result? According to Peter Hallward, Deleuze’s philosophy has some rather severe conclusions. Deleuze has been portrayed by him as a theological and spiritual thinker of life. Hallward seeks to challenge the accepted view of Deleuze, showing that these accepted norms in Deleuzian scholarship should be challenged and that, initially, Deleuze calls for the evacuation of political action in order to remain firm in the realm of pure contemplation. This article intends to investigate and defend Deleuze’s philosophy against the critical and theological accounts portrayed by Hallward, arguing that Deleuze’s philosophy is not only creative and vital but also highly revolutionary and ‘a part’ of the given world. It then goes on to examine Hallward’s distortion of the actual/virtual distinction in Deleuze because Hallward is not able to come to grips with the concept of life in Deleuze’s philosophy. We live in an intensive and dynamic world and the main points of Deleuze’s philosophy concern the transformation of the world. Deleuze is not seeking to escape the world, but rather to deal with inventive and creative methods to transform society. Keywords: Deleuze, Hallward, virtual-actual, singularities, differentiation, divergence, creation, dynamism, intensities Deleuze Studies 11.1 (2017): 25–47 DOI: 10.3366/dls.2017.0250 © Edinburgh University Press www.euppublishing.com/dls 26 Christopher Satoor I. Introduction: The Context of the Turn and the Debate In the last ten years, many texts have been released about the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.
    [Show full text]
  • Alain Badiou France
    Éloge des mathématiques L’auteur Zoom Alain Badiou est professeur émérite à l’École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm. Philosophe, dramaturge, essayiste, romancier, Platon, dans sa République, fait d’une longue éducation penseur politique dérangeant et polémiste, passionné de mathématique et de constants exercices de logique une mathématiques fondamentales et de logique formelle, il est condition impérative pour tout accès aux vérités. Seul celui qui l'auteur d'une œuvre riche et multiforme. abandonne son obéissance aux opinions dominantes pour ne se Il a signé nombre d'essais, aussi bien consacrés à des questions fier qu’aux vérités auxquelles sa pensée « participe » (c’est le ontologiques que politiques et métapolitiques comme La Théorie mot de Platon) peut parvenir au bonheur. du sujet, L'Être et l'événement - son ouvrage phare, publié en 1988 - ou Court traité d'ontologie transitoire. La pensée politique Cet éloge philosophique des mathématiques voudrait de cet ancien militant maoïste s'inscrit dans un engagement très s’interroger sur ce lien entre mathématiques, vérité et bonheur. marqué à gauche, comme en témoignent plusieurs ouvrages La voie est-elle dégagée pour quiconque est armé du savoir à pamphlétaires comme De quoi Sarkozy est-il le nom ? et la fois difficile et lumineux des mathématiques, de sorte que différentes réflexions autour de la réhabilitation du communisme la stratégie philosophique puisse dire à tout animal humain : dans des titres comme L'Hypothèse communiste, paru en 2009. « voici de quoi te convaincre que penser contre les opinions et Ces prises de position radicales suscitent régulièrement la au service de quelques vérités, loin d’être l’exercice ingrat et polémique et lui valent de recevoir de nombreuses critiques.
    [Show full text]
  • Politics and Aesthetics an Interview Jacques Rancie`Re Available Online: 03 Jun 2010
    This article was downloaded by: [UNISA University South Africa] On: 21 May 2012, At: 05:18 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cang20 Politics and aesthetics an interview Jacques Rancie`re Available online: 03 Jun 2010 To cite this article: Jacques Rancie`re (2003): Politics and aesthetics an interview, Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 8:2, 191-211 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0969725032000162657 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae, and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. ANGELAKI journal of the theoretical humanities volume 8 number 2 august 2003 introduction peter hallward Jacques Rancière retired from teaching philoso- phy at the University of Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) in 2002.
    [Show full text]
  • University of Cincinnati
    UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Date: May 7, 2007 I, __Anna Alich_____________________________________________, hereby submit this work as part of the requirements for the degree of: Master of Arts in: Art History It is entitled: Alienation in Tout va bien (1972) This work and its defense approved by: Chair: _Kimberly_Paice, PhD___________ _Michael Carrasco, PhD__________ _Steve Gebhardt ______________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Alienation in Jean-Luc Godard’s Tout Va Bien (1972) A thesis presented to the Art History Faculty of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning University of Cincinnati in candidacy for the degree of Master of Arts in Art History Anna Alich May 2007 Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Paice Abstract Jean-Luc Godard’s (b. 1930) Tout va bien (1972) cannot be considered a successful political film because of its alienated methods of film production. In chapter one I examine the first part of Godard’s film career (1952-1967) the Nouvelle Vague years. Influenced by the events of May 1968, Godard at the end of this period renounced his films as bourgeois only to announce a new method of making films that would reflect the au courant French Maoist politics. In chapter two I discuss Godard and the Dziga Vertov Group’s last film Tout va bien. This film displays a marked difference in style from Godard’s earlier films, yet does not display a clear understanding of how to make a political film of this measure without alienating the audience. In contrast to this film, I contrast Guy Debord’s (1931-1994) contemporaneous film The Society of the Spectacle (1973). As a filmmaker Debord successfully dealt with alienation in film.
    [Show full text]