A leading philosopher and specialist of Marxist political philosophy and aesthetics, Jacques Rancière significantly contributed to 20th century political theories with major works including La Nuit des prolétaires (1981; The Nights of Labor: The Workers’s Dream in Nineteenth-Century France), Partage du sensible: esthétique et politique (2000; The Politics of Aesthetics: The Distribution of the Sensible), and Le Spectateur émancipé (2008; The Emancipated Spectator).
In conversation with Professor Oliver Davis (University College Cork), Rancière gave us special insight into the universe of post-68 philosophy, his contributions to modern political theory, his conception of emancipation, and his understanding of the relationship between art and politics.