{"product_id":"rancires-counter-sociology-politics-history-education-9783031598791","title":"Ranci?re's Counter-Sociology: Politics, History, Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eJacques Ranci?re is almost unique amongst contemporary thinkers in his consistent hostility to sociologically informed modes of interpretation. This hostility is not limited to his detailed critiques of Pierre Bourdieu--it characterises his thinking about politics, emancipation, democracy, history, aesthetics, and social class; it extends into a rejection of Marxist or \u003cem\u003emarxisant\u003c\/em\u003e modes of analysis. For Ranci?re's harshest critics, this hostility to sociology reflects an interpretative negligence on his part, an intellectual, political, or moral flaw. Even his more favorable commentators typically upbraid him for failing to specify the historical conditions of possibility of democratic emancipation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book argues that such reactions are fundamentally mistaken and fail to grasp what is at stake in Ranci?re's rejection of sociological modes of enquiry. This rejection is attributable neither to his negligence nor to some moral flaw, and nor is it merely incidental to his thought. On the contrary, Ranci?re understands sociology to constitute a \u003cem\u003eproblematic\u003c\/em\u003e, a set of assumptions and interpretative procedures whose blind spots must be identified and thought through in order that the possibility of intellectual and political emancipation, of democracy, and of history can be thought at all. Ranci?re's thought thus represents a \u003cem\u003ecounter-sociology \u003c\/em\u003eand his rejection of the sociological problematic serves as the positive condition of possibility of his theory of democracy, equality, and emancipation. This new study both clarifies the nature of Ranci?re's critique of the sociological problematic and shows what his counter-sociology allows him to think in the domains of politics, history, and education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy F. Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031598791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43211649122441,"sku":"9783031598791","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_cf4be8c2-7220-4319-8f59-1508aca37ff8.jpg?v=1734427943","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/rancires-counter-sociology-politics-history-education-9783031598791","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}