书籍介绍
这本书最锋利的地方,在于朗西埃对「政治」一词的彻底重写:他把日常所说的politics(治理、秩序、制度安排)与police order(一种分配谁有资格发声、谁被排除在外的既有秩序)区分开来,进而主张真正的政治恰恰发生在秩序的边缘——当那些「没有任何特性的穷人」以毫无属性的身份,为一个引发争议的资格而发声时,政治才真正发生。它不是寻求共识的协商,而是平等逻辑与秩序之间的对峙。读者最在意的,正是这种反直觉的激进:哲学不拯救任何人,政治也没有稳固的根基,而正是这种「根基的缺席」构成了政治的可能。它适合愿意啃《理想国》《尼各马可伦理学》原典、并试图理解当代抗争逻辑的读者;对习惯清晰结论的人,则可能读到「后面完全看不懂」而搁置。
作者简介
Jacques Rancière is professor of aesthetics at the University of Paris VIII (St. Denis). He is the author of numerous books in French, three of which have been translated into English: The Nights of Labor (1989), The Ignorant Schoolmaster (1991), and The Names of History (Minnesota, 1994).
Julie Rose is a writer and translator who lives in Australia. She has also translated works by Paul Virilio, including The Art of the Motor (Minnesota, 1995).