Date 14 January 2022
Pages 228
Format cm 13 x 20
Price € 15.00
EAN 9782358722247
Publisher Website www.lafabrique.fr

The Post-War Bust

Publisher La Fabrique
GENRE Essay
Ernest Moret, Foreign Rights Manager "A precise, unique, and humble analysis of events from the past 30 years in France and abroad: President Trump, the pandemic. An important book for today, a crucial understanding of recent history."

Jacques Rancière, one of the most widely-read radical thinkers in aesthetics, philosophy, and political theory, is a man of few words when it comes to current affairs. Principled and wise, he never tells people in the street what to do. He is, however, a sharp critic of dominant, shallow attitudes about equality and democracy. In this book, he speaks out on the last 30 years, lambasting the rise of oligarchic governance, anti-immigrant laws, and neoliberal "reforms." He also shows how new forms of protest (indignados, Gilets Jaunes, Nuit debout) should transform our understanding of people's autonomy and resist both populist and anti-populist temptations in our so-called "post-truth" age.