Ranciere and Film

'These magnificent essays set Rancière's writings on film squarely in the context of his work on aesthetics, politics, and cultural studies. No less, readers will marvel at Rancière's tersely drawn postface, in dialogue with the preceding chapters, attesting to the origins, the trajectory, and the impact of a lifelong relation with cinema.'Tom Conley, Harvard UniversityAn advanced assessment of the film work of the philosopher Jacques RancièreJacques Rancière rose to prominence as a radical egalitarian philosopher, political theorist and historian. Recently he has intervened into the discourses of film theory and film studies, publishing controversial and challenging works on these topics.This collection offers an exciting range of responses to his contribution to film studies. It features an international range of scholars, who engage with Rancière and film from a wide variety of perspectives. The Introduction orientates new readers into the historical and disciplinary debates which are key to understanding Rancière. Also included is a response to the essays by Rancière himself on the subject of film.This is an important collection for students and researchers of film studies, cultural studies, critical and cultural theory and Continental philosophy.Paul Bowman is Reader in Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.Cover image: Man with a Movie Camera film poster. Designed by Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg (1929).Cover design:[EUP logo]www.euppublishing.com