Category Archives: Jacques Rancière

Benjamin Arditi, The Book of Others: Schmitt, Althusser, Laclau, Rancière and Politics – Routledge, October 2025

Posted on March 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Benjamin Arditi, The Book of Others: Schmitt, Althusser, Laclau, Rancière and Politics – Routledge, October 2025 In The Book of Others, Benjamin Arditi examines the enduring theoretical influence of four major political thinkers—Carl Schmitt, Louis Althusser, Ernesto Laclau, and Jacques Rancière—whom … Continue reading →

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Jacques Rancière in conversation with Oliver Davis – London, 12 November 2024

Posted on October 3, 2024 by stuartelden

Jacques Rancière in conversation with Oliver Davis – London, 12 November 2024 Meet French philosopher Jacques Rancière in conversation with Professor Oliver Davis (University College Cork). A leading philosopher and specialist of Marxist political philosophy and aesthetics, Jacques Rancière significantly contributed … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Wilcken, Mill, Rancière, Badiou, Salmon, Sirinelli

Posted on December 4, 2020 by stuartelden

Some books bought recently for the Foucault work, related projects and J.S. Mill for teaching. I’m teaching the history of political thought again this year, and while I have most of the texts we’re using, didn’t have Mill’s Considerations on … Continue reading →

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L’aventure Althusser – 1 hour documentary with interviews with Macherey, Balibar, Rancière, etc, available until 7 July 2019

Posted on July 5, 2019 by stuartelden

L’aventure Althusser – 1 hour documentary with interviews with Macherey, Balibar, Rancière, etc, available until 7 July 2019. Thanks to Nadim Khoury for sending the link. Le portrait passionnant du philosophe marxiste Louis Althusser qui, avant de sombrer dans la … Continue reading →

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Mark Kelly on Althusser et al, Reading Capital: The Complete Edition

Posted on June 28, 2017 by stuartelden

Mark Kelly discusses Louis Althusser, Étienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Rancière, Reading Capital: The Complete Edition at the Progress in Political Economy site. The book is part of Verso’s summer sale – 50% off until July 9th. Lots of … Continue reading →

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Academic Books of 2016 – my personal list

Posted on December 24, 2016 by stuartelden

Many of the academic books I read this year were for the Foucault and Shakespeare work, and few were published this year. This alphabetical list is of the twenty books published this year which I read and liked the most. … Continue reading →

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Books received – three Marxist classics from Verso: Lefebvre, Althusser et. al. and Goldmann

Posted on June 25, 2016 by stuartelden

Books received – three Marxist classics from Verso. Henri Lefebvre’s Metaphilosophy, the first complete English translation of Althusser, Balibar, Establet, Macherey and Rancière’s Reading Capital and Lucien Goldmann’s The Hidden God. Metaphilosophy is a book I’ve wanted to get translated into English for … Continue reading →

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Reading Capital: The Complete Edition by Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Rancière

Posted on June 2, 2016 by stuartelden

Reading Capital: The Complete Edition, by Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Rancière, now published by Verso. A classic work of Marxist analysis, available unabridged for the first time Originally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, … Continue reading →

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11 Critical Theory books that came out in May 2016

Posted on May 31, 2016 by stuartelden

Another roundup of recently published books at Critical Theory – including my own Foucault’s Last Decade, but also recent books by Rancière, Bidet, Weeks, Sloterdijk, Badiou….

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Althusser et. al. – Reading Capital: The Complete Edition forthcoming from Verso

Posted on April 25, 2015 by stuartelden

It’s only taken fifty years, but Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Rancière’s Reading Capital: The Complete Edition is forthcoming from Verso. Originally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, which sought to reconstruct Western Marxism … Continue reading →

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