Proletarian Nights

The Workers' Dream in Nineteenth-Century France

Nonfiction, History, Revolutionary, France, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political
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Author: Jacques Ranciere ISBN: 9781844678495
Publisher: Verso Books Publication: April 8, 2014
Imprint: Verso Language: English
Author: Jacques Ranciere
ISBN: 9781844678495
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication: April 8, 2014
Imprint: Verso
Language: English

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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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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