Jacques Rancière is one of the most important representatives of French philosophy today. He was born in 1940 in Algeria but grew up in Marseille and Paris. He studied at ENS and was a student of Louis Althusser. He is an Emeritus Professor at Paris VIII and has also taught at many universities in Europe and America. He first became known for his contributions to political theory and philosophy. However, he became very popular from the 1990s onwards, through his thinking on the relationship between aesthetics and politics, drawing on Western philosophy’s classical and modern history and involving almost all artistic practice forms
Jacques Rancière is one of the most important representatives of French philosophy today. He was born in 1940 in Algeria but grew up in Marseille and Paris. He studied at ENS and was a student of Louis Althusser. He is an Emeritus Professor at Paris VIII and has also taught at many universities in Europe and America. He first became known for his contributions to political theory and philosophy. However, he became very popular from the 1990s onwards, through his thinking on the relationship between aesthetics and politics, drawing on Western philosophy’s classical and modern history and involving almost all artistic practice forms
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In The Future of the Image, Jacques Rancière develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. He argues that there is a stark political choice in art: it can either reinforce a radical democracy or create a new reactionary mysticism. For Rancière there is never a pure art: the aesthetic revolution must always embrace egalitarian ideals.
