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Jacques Rancière

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Jacques Rancière (; French: [ʒak ʁɑ̃sjɛʁ]; born 10 June 1940) is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes—Saint-Denis. After co-authoring Reading Capital (1965) with the structuralist Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser and others, and after witnessing the 1968 political uprisings his work turned against Althusserian Marxism, he later came to develop an original body of work focused on aesthetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Rancière is the 374th most popular philosopher (down from 355th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 24th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Algerian Philosopher.

Jacques Rancière is a philosopher and political theorist who is most famous for his work in the field of aesthetics. His work is largely concerned with the relationship between politics and art.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacques Rancière ranks 374 out of 1,267. Before him are Étienne Cabet, Wilhelm Windelband, Alexandre Koyré, Pierre d'Ailly, Chandrakirti, and Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais. After him are Macrobius, Richard Rorty, Heinrich Rickert, Thrasymachus, Franciscus Patricius, and Edgar Morin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jacques Rancière ranks 78. Before him are George A. Romero, James Cromwell, Tarō Asō, Herbie Hancock, Cliff Richard, and Thomas Harris. After him are Denis Law, Burt Young, Joachim Frank, Isdal Woman, Lance Henriksen, and Shahnaz Pahlavi.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Jacques Rancière ranks 25 out of 213. Before him are Juba I of Numidia (-85), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Martianus Capella (360), Ferhat Abbas (1899), Daniel Auteuil (1950), and Abd al-Mu'min (1094). After him are Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Syphax (-250), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Hélène Cixous (1937), Edwige Fenech (1948), and Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Algeria

Among philosophers born in Algeria, Jacques Rancière ranks 5. Before him are Augustine of Hippo (354), Jacques Derrida (1930), Louis Althusser (1918), and Martianus Capella (360). After him are Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100), Priscian (500), Émile Boirac (1851), and Catherine Malabou (1959).

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