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Proletarian Nights Paperback - 2012

Name: Proletarian Nights: The Workers' Dream in Nineteenth-Century France
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Author: Ranciere, Jacques
ISBN: 9781844677788

by Jacques Ranciere; Introduction by Donald Reid

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From the publisher

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.

Details

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.