About our guest
Jacques Rancière is an Algerian-born French philosopher who significantly contributed to 20th century political philosophy, the philosophy of aesthetics and Marxist theory. Having studied under Louis Althusser at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm), he even contributed to Althusser’s 1965 Lire “Le Capital” (PUF, 1965), elucidating a scientific theory of history in the works of Karl Marx. He however split from Althusser by holding that workers could comprehend their own oppression and become emancipated without the guidance of elite theorists. Professor Emeritus at Paris VIII University (Vincennes – Saint-Denis) until 2000 and professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.
He will also be at the Maison française d’Oxford on 11 November.
