This book forms the first criticalstudy of Jacques Rancière's impact and contribution to contemporary theoreticaland interdisciplinary studies. It showcases the work of leading scholars infields such as political theory, history and aesthetic theory; each of whom areuniquely situated to engage with the novelty of Rancière's thinking withintheir respective fields.

Acknowledgements Contributor Notes 1. JacquesRancière and the Contemporary Scene: The Evidence of Equality and the Practiceof Writing Jean-Philippe Deranty and Alison Ross 2. Movies as the GreatDemocratic Art Form of the Modern World (Notes on Rancière) JM Bernstein 3. 'Godardand Rancière: Automatism, Montage, Thinking' Lisa Trahair 4. The Names inHistory: Rancière's New Historical Poetics Dmitri Nikulin 5. Equality in the Romantic Art Form: TheHegelian Background to Jacques Rancière's 'Aesthetic Revolution' Alison Ross 6.No time or place for universal teaching:The Ignorant Schoolmaster and contemporary work on pedagogy Caroline Pelletier 7. Rancière and Anarchism Todd May 8. Rancière's utopian politics PaulPatton 9. Hannah Arendt and the Philosophical Repression of Politics AndrewSchaap 10. The Many Marx of JacquesRancière Emmanuel Renault 11. Work in the writings of Jacques Rancière Jean-PhilippeDeranty 12. Work, identity, subject Jacques Rancière Bibliography Index