On the Shores of Politics [Au bords du politique]

Description

Argues that political realism is a utopian belief and proposes that the true meaning of politics is based on the organization of dissent, or the righting of wrongs. Rancière offers “le politique” (the masculine form of a feminine noun – la politique) as the stage upon which “la politique” or the process of emancipation, meets “la police” or the machinations of democratic governments in an attempt to render all people equal.

Creator

Rancière, Jacques

Publisher

Rancière, Jacques. Aux bords du politique. Gallimard, 1998.

Contributor

Rutler, Tracy

Language

French

Type

Book

Alternate Version

English Version
Rancière, Jacques. On the Shores of Politics. Translated by Liz Heron. Verso, 2007.
Posted in Curated Research, The In-Between, Upheavals and tagged , , .