# The Emancipated Spectator

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- Book: [The Emancipated Spectator](https://www.bookquiver.com/jacques-ranciere/the-emancipated-spectator) ([The Emancipated Spectator.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jacques-ranciere/the-emancipated-spectator.md))
- Authors: [Jacques Rancière](https://www.bookquiver.com/jacques-ranciere)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8873-964-1
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2021-03-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The theorists of art and film commonly depict the modern audience as aesthetically and politically passive. In response, both artists and thinkers have sought to transform the spectator into an active...