The Philosopher and His Poor
“Sure to provoke controversy,The Philosopher and His Pooris a virtuoso performance. I can’t think of anyone who has pursued the populist premise—the intuition that in this or that situation the grounding of truth or value is to be located in those most dispossessed—with anything approaching Rancière’s degree of articulateness or philosophical sophistication. I predict that this book will become a landmark.”—Bruce Robbins, author ofFeeling Global: Internationalism in Distress