Commentary
Reckless Trials? The Criminalization of the Sexual Transmission of HIV
Daniel monk ………………………………………………………………………………………. 2DoSSIer Undoing the aesthetic Image
Introduction
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Notes on the Photographic Image
Jacques rancière ……………………………………………………………………………….. 8
People Exposed, People as Extras
Georges Didi-Huberman …………………………………………………………………… 16
Body without Image: Ernesto Neto’s Anti-Leviathan
Éric alliez …………………………………………………………………………………………. 23
This Is Not My Body
elisabeth Lebovici ……………………………………………………………………………. 35revIewS
Stefan Jonsson, A Brief History of the Masses: Three Revolutions
alberto toscano ……………………………………………………………………………….. 43
Alexander R. Gal oway and Eugene Thacker, The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
tiziana terranova …………………………………………………………………………….. 46
Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?
andrew Goffey …………………………………………………………………………………. 49
Lisa Baraitser, Maternal Encounters: The Ethics of Interruption
alison Stone ……………………………………………………………………………………. 51
Damian F. White, Bookchin: A Critical Appraisal
mick Smith ………………………………………………………………………………………. 53
George Yancy, Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race
timothy Chambers …………………………………………………………………………… 56
Jacques Rancière, Le Spectateur émancipé
Bojana Cvejic …………………………………………………………………………………… 59
Alain Badiou, Number and Numbers
anindya Bhattacharyya …………………………………………………………………….. 61
Edward Skidelsky, Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture
Craig Brandist ………………………………………………………………………………….. 63oBItUary
J.G. Ballard, 1930–2009
David Cunningham …………………………………………………………………………… 66ContentS156
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Contributors daniel monk
is Senior Lecturer in Law at Birkbeck, University of London, and a former volunteer solicitor at the Terence Higgins Trust. He is co-author of The Family, Law and Society (2009) and co-editor of Feminist Perspectives on Child Law (2000) and Legal Queeries (1998).
Jacques rancière
is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Paris–VIII. Recent works in English include The Politics of Aesthetics (2004) and The Future of the Image (2007). His book The Emancipated Spectator (reviewed here) is forthcoming from Verso in August.
Georges Didi-Huberman
is a Professor of Art History at EHESS, Paris. His books in English include Fra Angelico (1995), Confronting Images (2002), Invention of Hysteria (2004) and Images in Spite of Al (2008).
Éric al iez
is Professor of Contemporary French Philosophy at CRMEP, Middlesex University. His most recent books are La Pensée-Matisse (with Jean-Claude Bonne, 2005) and L’Œil-Cerveau: Histoires de la peinture moderne (with Jean-Clet Martin, 2007.)
Elisabeth lebovici
is an art historian and art critic. Her writings include Louise Bourgeois (2007), Zoe Leonard (2007), and Agnes Thurnauer (2008).