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by Jacques Ranciere; Introduction by Donald Reid

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Proletarian Nights, previously published in English as Nights of Labor and one of Rancire's most important works, dramatically reinterprets the Revolution of 1830, contending that workers were not rebelling against specific hardships and conditions but against the unyielding predetermination of their lives. Through a study of worker-run newspapers, letters, journals, and worker-poetry, Rancire reveals the contradictory and conflicting stories that challenge the coherence of these statements celebrating labor.

This updated edition includes a new preface by the author, revisiting the work twenty years since its first publication in France.

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  • Title Proletarian Nights
  • Author Jacques Ranciere; Introduction by Donald Reid
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition
  • Pages 478
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Verso, London
  • Publication date 2012-04-17
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781844677788 / 1844677788
  • Weight 1.63 lbs (0.74 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.4 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects France - Social conditions - 19th century, Working class - France - History - 19th
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012418219
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.562

Media reviews

“With its innovative approach, Rancière’s difficult and provocative interpretation is essential reading.”—Choice

“Rancière’s brilliant book ... locates the nineteenth-century origins of European socialism not in the noble desire of artisans to control their own labor but in the utopian visions of working-class poets who wanted to be free of labor altogether ... This is a powerful, piercing, and radical argument ... Rancière has merged his philosophical and historical interests into a profound commentary on the possibilities of human freedom and of the violence done to those possibilities in freedom’s name.”—Oral History Review

“Drury’s translation puts it into English as directly and comprehensibly as possible. It’s a difficult job to do well, and the translator’s work goes a long way toward making the book more readable.”—Book News

About the author

Jacques Rancire is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-VIII. His books include The Politics of Aesthetics, On the Shores of Politics, Short Voyages to the Land of the People, The Nights of Labor, Staging the People, and The Emancipated Spectator.

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