Author: Davide Panagia File Type: pdf In Rancieres Sentiments Davide Panagia explores Jacques Rancieres aesthetics of politics as it informs his radical democratic theory of participation. Attending to diverse practices of everyday living and doingof form, style, and scenographyin Rancieres writings, Panagia characterizes Ranciere as a sentimental thinker for whom the aesthetic is indistinguishable from the political. Rather than providing prescriptions for political judgment and action, Ranciere focuses on how sensibilities and perceptions constitute dynamic relations between persons and the worlds they create. Panagia traces this approach by examining Rancieres modernist sensibilities, his theory of radical mediation, the influence of Gustave Flaubert on Rancieres literary voice, and how Ranciere juxtaposes seemingly incompatible objects and phenomena to create moments of sensorial disorientation. The power of Rancieres work, Panagia demonstrates, lies in its ability to leave readers with a disjunctive sensibility of the world and what political thinking is and can be. **Review Against the politics of belonging that infuses so much democratic theory today, Davide Panagia offers a characteristically bold reading of Ranciere that makes us feel the force of a very different path to emancipatory democratic politics. Grounded in an aesthetics and politics of impropriety, Rancieres Sentiments shows the transformative potential of the unauthorized sensibilities, words, and acts of those who have no part in the scenes of democratic politics conventionally conceived. An exciting piece of work.--Sharon R. Krause, author of Freedom beyond Sovereignty Reconstructing Liberal Individualism Proposing a singular and provocative reading of Rancieres oeuvre, Davide Panagia refuses hermeneutics in favor of a focus on dispositions, style, modes of appearance, and arrangement of things that acknowledges the permanence and ubiquity of division while illuminating the productivity, playfulness, and generative quality of lines of division. Panagia offers a reading that seeks to be faithful to the disjunctive moments that inspire Rancieres writings, celebrating scenes of change rather than engagement in philosophical interpretation. Panagias Ranciere does not hold out a theory to overcome inequalities. In its stead Panagias reading makes visible the power of the makings and doings of anyone and everyone in transforming sensibilities, opening up new possibilities of imagination in short, enacting the aesthetics of politics.--Aletta J. Norval, author of Aversive Democracy Inheritance and Originality in the Democratic Tradition Review Against the politics of belonging that infuses so much democratic theory today, Davide Panagia offers a characteristically bold reading of Ranciere that makes us feel the force of a very different path to emancipatory democratic politics. Grounded in an aesthetics and politics of impropriety, Rancieres Sentiments shows the transformative potential of the unauthorized sensibilities, words, and acts of those who have no part in the scenes of democratic politics conventionally conceived. An exciting piece of work. (Sharon R. Krause, author of Freedom beyond Sovereignty Reconstructing Liberal Individualism) Proposing a singular and provocative reading of Rancieres oeuvre, Davide Panagia refuses hermeneutics in favor of a focus on dispositions, style, modes of appearance, and arrangement of things that acknowledges the permanence and ubiquity of division while illuminating the productivity, playfulness, and generative quality of lines of division. Panagia offers a reading that seeks to be faithful to the disjunctive moments that inspire Rancieres writings, celebrating scenes of change rather than engagement in philosophical interpretation. Panagias Ranciere does not hold out a theory to overcome inequalities. In its stead Panagias reading makes visible the power of the makings and doings of anyone and everyone in transforming sensibilities, opening up new possibilities of imaginationin short, enacting the aesthetics of politics. (Aletta J. Norval, author of Aversive Democracy Inheritance and Originality in the Democratic Tradition)

Author: Rasheed El-Enany File Type: pdf This book explores Arab responses to Western culture and values as expressed mainly through works of fiction written by Arab authors during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It provides welcome new insights into the perennial East-West debate, and is particularly relevant to the current discussion on Islam and the West. Arab Representations of the Occident might be seen as the reverse study of Edward Saids famous Orientalism. If Orientalism, according to Said, provided the conceptual framework, the intellectual justification for the appropriation of the Orient through colonialism, Occidentalism - if one may use this label to indicate Arab conceptualizations of the West - tells a different story. It is a story, not about the appropriation of the land of the West, but its very soul. And if Orientalism was about the denigration, and the subjugation of the Oriental Other, much of Occidentalism has been about the idealization of the Western Other, the desire to become the Other, or at least to become like the Other. Alongside raising highly topical questions about stereotypical ideas about Arabs and Muslims in general, this book - the first book on the subject in English - explores representations of the West by the foremost Arab intellectuals over a two-century period, right up to the present day. This is one of the first books in English to explore Arab responses to Western culture and values in modern Arab literature. Through in-depth research El-Enany examines the attitudes as expressed mainly through works of fiction written by Arab authors during the twentieth, and, to a lesser extent, nineteenth century. It constitutes an original addition to the age-old East-West debate, and is particularly relevant to the current discussion on Islam and the West. Alongside raising highly topical questions about stereotypical ideas concerning Arabs and Muslims in general, the book explores representations of the West by the foremost Arab intellectuals over a two-century period, up to the present day, and will appeal to those with an interest in Islam, the Middle East, nationalism and the so-called Clash of Civilizations.ReviewArab representations of the Occident provides a useful and valuable guide to an important category of works and should open the way for much future research - Yaseen Norrani, University of Arizona, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2008 About the AuthorUniversity of Exeter, UK

Author: Marie-Eve Faust File Type: pdf Given its importance for consumer satisfaction and thus brand success, apparel fit is a major challenge for retailers and brands across the industry. Consequently there have been major developments in sizing research and how it can be used in apparel design. This book reviews how these developments are affecting clothing design for different groups of consumers.Part one identifies various aspects of body shape, size, volume and the psychological aspects of designing apparel. This section covers topics such as body shape and its influence on apparel size and consumer choices, sizing systems, body shape and weight distribution (with a discussion of the Body Volume Index (BVI) versus the Body Mass Index (BMI)), and the psychological and sociological factors influencing consumers choice of apparel. Part two outlines the challenges in understanding the sizing and shape requirements and choices of particular customer groups. This section discusses apparel designed for infants and children, older consumers, overweight and obese consumers, plus size Black and Latino women, apparel design for Asian and Caucasian ethnic groups, sizing requirements for male apparel, maternity apparel, intimate apparel for varying body shapes, and the challenges of designing headwear to fit the size and shape of Western and Asian populations.Designing apparel for consumers provides an invaluable reference for apparel designers, manufacturers, and R&D managers in the textile industry, as well as postgraduate students and academic researchers in textiles. Reviews developments affecting clothing design for different groups of consumersIdentifies various aspects of body shape, size, volume and the psychological aspects of designing apparelOutlines the challenges in understanding sizing and shape requirements and choices of particular customer groups

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