Tag Archives: Jacques Rancière

The gilets jaunes: Jacques Rancière on the virtues of the inexplicable

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Beginnings do not reach their end. they remain halfway. But this also means that they never stop beginning over again, even if this means that the actors change. This is the realism of revolt, an inexplicable realism, one that demands … Continue reading →

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Jacques Rancière: Reflections on equality and emancipation

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

“Autonomy” has been a key concept in modern emancipatory politics. But it must be understood correctly. It does not mean the autonomous power of a subject as opposed to external forces: it means a form of thinking, practice and organization … Continue reading →

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Jacques Rancière: The anarchy of democracy

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

During the French presidential campaign, the candidates and the media saturated the environment with references to the “people”.  Before the final results, on the 7th of May, the journal Ballast conducted an interview with Jacques Rancière on the use and … Continue reading →

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Shards of time amid spaces of rebellion

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

This essay is the child of an earlier reflection on time and revolution, as well as of work on the 15th of May movement in spain, Pasolini and anti-fascism, and other essays posted on Autonomies, from which it borrows generously. … Continue reading →

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