Post by samitch on Mar 2, 2016 5:07:42 GMT
Given the nature of this week’s class and the Brock Lecture to come, I wanted to make sure I have this concept ‘sensible’ understood correctly. Stoneman wrote of the sensible as “a symbolic division of experiential reality, that serves as a foundation for determining what one is and for allocating the roles, occupations, and tasks that are the markers of identity” (p.135). To me, this description spoke to the way in which we make sense of the self, our own position (either in society or reality), and perhaps even speaks to agency (maybe?).
However, when I look at Ranciere’s description of sensible in The Aesthetic Dimension, my clarity is lost. He writes of the sensible as “a certain configuration of the given...this configuration of the given entails a certain relation of sense and sense that may be conjunctive or disjunctive” which he later remarkes is “a matter of hierarchy” (p.2). From this reading, it seems like Ranciere is speaking directly to our senses (such as hearing, seeing, etc). From a political perspective, I suppose this would make sense, as it would force us to consider what is said vs unsaid, what is seen vs unseen, or what is heard vs unheard. Perhaps I am reading a little too deep into the actual term “sense” but given its importance to this week’s discussion, I thought I would pose to question.
However, when I look at Ranciere’s description of sensible in The Aesthetic Dimension, my clarity is lost. He writes of the sensible as “a certain configuration of the given...this configuration of the given entails a certain relation of sense and sense that may be conjunctive or disjunctive” which he later remarkes is “a matter of hierarchy” (p.2). From this reading, it seems like Ranciere is speaking directly to our senses (such as hearing, seeing, etc). From a political perspective, I suppose this would make sense, as it would force us to consider what is said vs unsaid, what is seen vs unseen, or what is heard vs unheard. Perhaps I am reading a little too deep into the actual term “sense” but given its importance to this week’s discussion, I thought I would pose to question.
