| Proletarian Nights Updated Edition Contributor(s): Ranciere, Jacques (Author), Reid, Donald (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1844677788 ISBN-13: 9781844677788 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.63 lbs) 478 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Proletarian Nights, previously published in English as Nights of Labor and one of Ranci re'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, Ranci re 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. |