A classic collection of essay by Jacques Ranciere, that focuses on the ways in which radical philosophers understand the people they profess to speak for. The Intellectual and His People engages in an incisive and original way with current political and cultural issues, including the "discovery" of totalitarianism by the "new philosophers," the relationship of Sartre and Foucault to popular struggles, nostalgia for the ebbing world of the factory, the slippage of the artistic avant-garde into defending corporate privilege, and the ambiguous sociological critique of Pierre Bourdieu. As ever, Ranciere challenges all patterns of thought in which one-time radicalism has become empty convention.

Rethinking the role of the radical public intellectual

About the Author
Jacques Ranciere is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-VIII. His books include The Politics of Aesthetics, On the Shores of Politics, Short Voyages to the Land of the People, The Nights of Labor, Staging the People, and The Emancipated Spectator.

Reviews
In the face of impossible attempts to proceed with progressive ideas within the terms of postmodernist discourse, Ranciere shows a way out of the malaise. -- Liam Gillick
Ranciere's writings offer one of the few consistent conceptualizations of how we are to continue to resist. -- Slavoj Zizek



Book Information
ISBN 9781788739658
Author Jacques Ranciere
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 163g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 13mm