A rich exploration of the meaning and consequences of Jacques Rancire's work in relation to music and the aesthetic

• 15 essays by scholars from a variety of music and sound-related fields
• With an Afterword by Rancire, newly written specially for this volume, on the role of music in his thought and writing
• Considers many aspects of Rancire's thought, conceived through musical lenses
• Develops of key Rancirian concepts including the distribution of the sensible, the aesthetic regime of art, politics and the police, speech and noise, disagreement, equality and more

The place of music in Rancire's thought has long been underestimated or unrecognised. Rancire 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 Afterword by Rancire on the role of music in his thought and writing. The essays engage closely with Rancire's existing commentary on music and its relationship to other arts in the aesthetic regime, revealed through detailed case studies around music, sound and listening.
Rancire'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. Rancire's work is also set creatively in dialogue with other key contemporary thinkers including Adorno, Althusser, Badiou and Deleuze.
Contributors Loc Bertrand, Universit Paris Diderot, France.
Kjetil Klette B hler, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
Joo Pedro Cachopo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and University of Chicago, USA.
Katharina Clausius, Universit de Montral, Canada.
Sarah Collins, University of Western Australia.
Murray Dineen, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Dan DiPiero, Miami University of Ohio, USA.
William Fourie, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Daniel Frappier, Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada.
Martin Kaltenecker, Universit Paris Diderot, France.
Patrick Nickleson, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Jacques Rancire, University of Paris VIII, France.
Chris Stover, University of Oslo, Norway.
Danick Trottier, Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada.
Carina Venter, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Erik Vogt, Trinity College, CT, USA and University of Vienna, Austria.