Ranciere's Discussion on Internal Contradictions of Literature
Scientific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, (2025), Vol.7, No.9, pp.250-254
Published: October 12, 2025
DOI: 10.54691/dpkzpq05
Abstract
Ranciere's theory of art regime is a completely new paradigm of art criticism, and it conveys the idea that aesthetics and politics themselves are isomorphic. Among the three art regimes, only the aesthetic regime implements the principle of political equality and has a new type of vision that attaches equal importance to thought and image, and it is summarized as the "language-thought" principle and the "non-discrimination" principle, respectively. These two principles present a state of contradiction and struggle in literary works and become the driving force for the development of literature.
Keywords:
Aesthetic regime of art; contradiction principle of literature; language-thought; non-discrimination principle; Ranciere.
APA Citation:
Han Guan (2025). Ranciere's Discussion on Internal Contradictions of Literature. Scientific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 7(9), 250-254. https://doi.org/10.54691/dpkzpq05
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