Books in the Critical Connections series

Examines authors fresh contributions to the study of the political. This collection features, essays that connects and develops the fundamental themes and concepts that animate his political thought. It is suitable for readers working in social and political thought, European philosophy, aesthetics and cultural studies.

A rich exploration of the meaning and consequences of Jacques Rancière's work in relation to music and the aesthetic The place of music in Rancière's thought has long been underestimated or unrecognised. Rancière and Music responds to this absence with a collection of 15 essays by scholars from a variety of music- and sound-related fields including an original Afterword by Rancière on the role of music in his thought and writing. Contributions engage closely with Rancière's existing commentary on music, its relationship to other arts in the aesthetic regime, revealed through detailed case studies around music, sound, and listening. Rancière's thought is explored along a number of music-historical trajectories, including Italian and German opera, Romantic and modernist music, Latin American and South African music, jazz, and contemporary popular music. Rancière's work is also set creatively in dialogue with other key contemporary thinkers including Adorno, Althusser, Badiou and Deleuze. João Pedro Cachopo is a Marie SkLodowska-Curie Fellow with a joint affiliation at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the University of Chicago. Patrick Nickleson is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Cultural Studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Chris Stover is a Research Fellow at the Ritmo Centre for Interdisciplinary Study in Rhythm Time and Motion and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo.

In this first reappraisal of his filmography (1958-2009), readers are introduced to a new Chabrol, one influenced by Balzac, Magritte, Kubrick.

Offers a collection of essays on philosopher jacques Ranciere's work on film. This book offers a range of responses to and assessments of his contributions to film studies and includes a piece by Ranciere himself. It is an assessment of Ranciere's contribution to film studies and theory.

Offers a collection of essays on philosopher jacques Ranciere's work on film. This book offers a range of responses to and assessments of his contributions to film studies and includes a piece by Ranciere himself. It is an assessment of Ranciere's contribution to film studies and theory.

Paul Virilio is one of the leading and most challenging critics of art and technology working today. This title surveys Virilio's aesthetics and socio-cultural ideas and how they function within his highly politicised approach to visual culture.

Paul Virilio is one of the most challenging critics of art and technology. His work has produced substantial debate, compelling readers to ask if his criticism is out of touch or out in front of traditional perspectives. This title includes 13 original writings, that is suitable for students and researchers into contemporary visual culture.

Judith Butler is best known for Gender Trouble (1990), the book that introduced the idea of gender performativity. However, with the publication of Giving an Account of Oneself in 2005, it appeared as if her work had taken a different turn. This collection of 10 essays offers a sustained evaluation of that alleged ethical turn.

Focussed around three core themes - capitalism, the metaphysics of democracy and aesthetics - these 13 essays emphasise the potential of Nancy's political thought and situate it within a broader intellectual context.

Alain Badiou formulated a two-pronged question about politics: when, and under what conditions, can an event be said to be political? What is the 'what happens' in so far as it happens politically? This book unpacks the diverse intellectual legacies woven into Badiou's work on contemporary polemics and political interventions.

Offers a series of edited collections forging connections between contemporary critical theorists and a wide range of research areas, such as critical and cultural theory, gender studies, film, literature, music, philosophy and politics.

A series of edited collections forging new connections between contemporary critical theorists and a wide range of research areas, such as critical and cultural theory, gender studies, film, literature, music, philosophy and politics.

As French philosopher Francois Laruelle's texts have become available in English there has been a rising tide of interest in his work, particularly on the concept of 'Non-philosophy'. This book provides an overview of Laruelle's thought and an understanding of his contemporary relevance.

This collection of essays evaluates Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.

A series of edited collections forging new connections between contemporary critical theorists and a wide range of research areas, such as critical and cultural theory, gender studies, film, literature, music, philosophy and politics.

A collection of 13 essays that directly addresses the work of Alain Badiou, focusing specifically on the philosophical content of his work and the various connections he established with both his contemporaries and his philosophical heritage. It examines Badiou's work through the lens of a number of thinkers and themes.

This collection of essays evaluates Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.

Analysing a wide range of novels and films, Sean McQueen brings renewed Marxian readings to cyberpunk texts previously theorised by Baudrillard or Deleuze. He places them at the heart of the emergence of biopunk and biocapitalism, theorising shifts in capitalism, science, technology, psychoanalysis, literature and film studies.

A rich exploration of the meaning and consequences of Jacques Rancière's work in relation to music and the aesthetic The place of music in Rancière's thought has long been underestimated or unrecognised. Rancière and Music responds to this absence with a collection of 15 essays by scholars from a variety of music- and sound-related fields including an original Afterword by Rancière on the role of music in his thought and writing. Contributions engage closely with Rancière's existing commentary on music, its relationship to other arts in the aesthetic regime, revealed through detailed case studies around music, sound, and listening. Rancière's thought is explored along a number of music-historical trajectories, including Italian and German opera, Romantic and modernist music, Latin American and South African music, jazz, and contemporary popular music. Rancière's work is also set creatively in dialogue with other key contemporary thinkers including Adorno, Althusser, Badiou and Deleuze. João Pedro Cachopo is a Marie SkLodowska-Curie Fellow with a joint affiliation at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the University of Chicago. Patrick Nickleson is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Cultural Studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Chris Stover is a Research Fellow at the Ritmo Centre for Interdisciplinary Study in Rhythm Time and Motion and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo.