The political thought of Jacques Rancière : creating equality /

"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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	May, Todd, 1955-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Rancière, Jacques > Political and social views. Political science > Philosophy. Democracy > Philosophy.

Table of Contents:

Passive equality
Active equality : democratic politics
The historical roots of democratic politics : anarchism
The normative framework of democratic politics
Active equality in contemporary politics.