Jacques Rancière, interviewed by Diane Arnaud and Stéphane Bou This interview, conducted in 2003 for the magazine Simulacres, was published as ‘Identifications du peuple’ in ‘Et tant pis pour les gens fatigués’ (Éditions Amsterdam, 2009). How do you explain that the “people”, at the moment when it takes on its modern sense, becomes such a … Continue reading Identifications of the people
By Serge Daney Originally published as ‘Le thérrorisé (pédagogie godardienne)’, Cahiers du Cinéma 262-3 (January 1976). This version is based on translations by Annwyl Williams and Bill Krohn / Charles Cameron Ball. Learning, retaining May ’68, as we know, confirmed Godard’s suspicion that the movie theater was, in every sense, a bad place, at once … Continue reading The Therrorized (Godardian Pedagogy)
By Jacques Rancière Published in ‘Short Voyages to the Land of the People’ (Stanford University Press, 2003). French text appeared under the title ‘Un enfant se tue’ in ‘Courts Voyages aux pays du peuple’ (Editions du Seuil, 1990). Translated by James B. Swenson. A wintry sky above the landscape of a working-class suburb. A woman … Continue reading A Child Kills Himself
By Serge Daney Originally published as ‘La période non légendaire des “Cahiers”. Pour préparer la cinquantième anniversaire’. In ‘L’exercice a été profitable’ (Paris: POL). 1. For a long time I kept a bundle of “internal texts”, as were common, until the mid 1970’s, among militant groups, circles or cells – such as Cahiers du Cinéma … Continue reading The non-legendary period of Cahiers
Jacques Rancière, interviewed by Serge Daney and Serge Toubiana Originally published as ‘L’Image Fraternelle‘, Cahiers du Cinéma, nos. 268-269, part of a special issue dedicated to “Images de Marque” (July-August 1976). Cahiers: If we consider two films, ‘Milestones’ (Robert Kramer & John Douglas) and ‘Numéro Deux’ (Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville), it seems to us … Continue reading The Fraternal Image