Errant Letters: Jacques Rancière and the Philosophy of Literature

Comprehensive presentation of Jacques Rancière's thought on relations between politics and literature in the context of different philosophical currents (Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-François Lyotard) and world literature masterpieces (Gustav Flaubert, Max Jacob, Bertold Brecht, Vladimir Nabokov and Philip Roth).

Jerzy Franczak comprehensively presents Jacques Rancière's thought by emphasizing the relationship between politics and literature. This detailed analysis takes into account the context of modern aesthetics and political philosophy, as a result, the book introduces further protagonists such as Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, or Jean-François Lyotard. Franczak first reconstructs Rancière's original philosophy of literature and subsequently apply it in readings of select world literature masterpieces by Gustav Flaubert, Max Jacob, Bertold Brecht, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth.

Autorentext

Jerzy Franczak is an accomplished writer and academic, currently serving as a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He has published numerous novels, collections of short stories, essays, and studies on philosophy and literature. His main research areas are contemporary critical thought, the history of the avant-garde, and modernist art.

Klappentext

Jerzy Franczak comprehensively presents Jacques Rancière s thought by emphasizing the relationship between politics and literature. This detailed analysis takes into account the context of modern aesthetics and political philosophy, as a result, the book introduces further protagonists such as Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, or Jean-François Lyotard. Franczak first reconstructs Rancière s original philosophy of literature and subsequently apply it in readings of select world literature masterpieces by Gustav Flaubert, Max Jacob, Bertold Brecht, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth.

Inhalt

I The Aesthetic Revolution - II Slicing the World - III Scandal! - IV Vicious Circle - V Exercises in Freedom