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POLITICS OF AESTHETICS: The Relationship between Art and Politics (3 credits)

Jacques Rancière

Description: This course examines the relationship between politics and art, the distribution of the sensible. As we move towards a deeper connection with art and political movements we begin to understand sense in a new way. This course is aimed at inspiring students own creative approaches towards the groundbreaking work of Jacques Rancière. Through in-depth reading of the required texts listed below combined with intensive seminars in Saas Fee the course pushes thinking and learning to new extremes.

Required Readings:

Rancière, Jacques. The Politics of Aesthetics: The Distribution of the Sensible. Continuum. 2006. Paperback, 116 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0826489540. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rancière, Jacques. The Politics of Aesthetics: The Distribution of the Sensible. Continuum. 2006. Paperback, 116 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0826489540. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rancière, Jacques and Steve Corcoran (Translator). Hatred of Democracy. Verso. 2007. Hardcover, 106 pages, Language English, ISBN: 1844670988. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Recommended Readings:

Rancière, Jacques. Aesthetics and its discontents. Polity Press. 2009. Hardcover, 176 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0745646301. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. Paperback, ISBN: 074564631X. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rancière, Jacques. Disagreement: Politics and Philosophy. University of Minnesota Press. 1999. Hardcover, 150 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0816628440. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Rancière, Jacques and Lawrence Liang. "Interview with Jacques Rancière." in: Lodi Gardens, Delhi. February 2009. (English).

Rancière, Jacques and Sudeep Dasgupta. ""Art Is Going Elsewhere. And Politics Has to Catch It." in: Krisis. 2008, Issue 1, (English).

Rancière, Jacques, Fulvia Carnevale and John Kelsey. "Art of the possible: Fulvia Carnevale and John Kelsey in conversation with Jacques Ranciere." in: Artforum. March 2007. (English).