Uncertain Times (eBook)

Jacques Rancière is a leading French philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes--Saint-Denis.

Preface

Part One. The violence of consensus
Chapter One. The new racism: a passion from above
Chapter Two. A modest proposal to help the victims
Chapter Three. An elusive populism
Chapter Four. Unravelling the confusions serving the dominant order
Chapter Five. On freedom of expression
Chapter Six. The Hatred of Equality
Chapter Seven. Fools and sages. Reflections on the end of the Trump presidency
Chapter Eight. A golden opportunity? Reflections in the time of lockdown

Part Two. Moments of democracy
Chapter Nine. The pandemic and inequality
Chapter Ten. Interpreting the event 68: politics, philosophy, sociology
Chapter Eleven. Occupation
Chapter Twelve. Nuit Debout: Desire for Community or Egalitarian Invention?
Chapter Thirteen. The virtues of the inexplicable. On the Gilets Jaunes
Chapter Fourteen. Beyond the hatred of democracy
Chapter Fifteen. Speech at the assembly of railway workers

Notes

'One of our most original radical philosophers explores why the post-Cold War consensus anticipating global liberal democracy unfolded its opposite. Critically interrogating idioms of populism, secularism, class struggle, democracy, and more, this timely and brilliant collection tracks the domination in consensus itself, placing all bets for an emancipatory, egalitarian future on uprisings that break it.'
Wendy Brown, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton