The political thought of Jacques Rancière
Subtitle: creating equality
By: Todd May.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780271034492; 9780271034508; 9780748635320; 9780748635863
Subjects: Rancière, Jacques -- Political and social views; Political science -- Philosophy; Democracy -- Philosophy
Description: "Examines the political perspective of French thinker and historian Jacques Rancière. Rancière argues that a democratic politics is one that emerges out of people's acting under the presupposition of their own equality with those better situated in the social hierarchy. Todd May examines and extends this presupposition"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Passive equality; title: Active equality : democratic politics; title: The historical roots of democratic politics : anarchism; title: The normative framework of democratic politics; title: Active equality in contemporary politics.