Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Jacques Rancière is a leading French philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Paris-St. Denis. He is the author of many books on politics and aesthetics including Hatred of Democracy, The Emancipated Spectator, The Politics of Literature and The Edges of Fiction.