Proletarian Nights

Proletarian Nights
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Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 479
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ISBN-10 : 9781844678495
ISBN-13 : 1844678490
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Book Synopsis Proletarian Nights by : Jacques Ranciere

Download or read book Proletarian Nights written by Jacques Ranciere and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proletarian Nights, previously published in English as Nights of Labor and one of Rancière’s most important works, dramatically reinterprets the Revolution of 1830, contending that workers were not rebelling against specific hardships and conditions but against the unyielding predetermination of their lives. Through a study of worker-run newspapers, letters, journals, and worker-poetry, Rancière reveals the contradictory and conflicting stories that challenge the coherence of these statements celebrating labor. This updated edition includes a new preface by the author, revisiting the work twenty years since its first publication in France.


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