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What has philosophy to do with the poor? If, as has often been
supposed, the poor have no time for philosophy, then why have
philosophers always made time for them? Why is the history of
philosophy—from Plato to Karl Marx to Jean-Paul Sartre to Pierre
Bourdieu—the history of so many figures of the poor: plebes, men
of iron, the demos, artisans, common people, proletarians, the
masses? Why have philosophers made the shoemaker, in particular, a
remarkably ubiquitous presence in this history? Does philosophy
itself depend on this thinking about the poor? If so, can it ever
refrain from thinking for them?Jacques Rancière’s The
Philosopher and His Poor meditates on these questions in close
readings of major texts of Western thought in which the poor have
played a leading role—sometimes as the objects of philosophical
analysis, sometimes as illustrations of philosophical argument.
Published in France in 1983 and made available here for the first
time in English, this consummate study assesses the consequences
for Marx, Sartre, and Bourdieu of Plato’s admonition that workers
should do “nothing else” than their own work. It offers
innovative readings of these thinkers’ struggles to elaborate a
philosophy of the poor. Presenting a left critique of Bourdieu, the
terms of which are largely unknown to an English-language
readership, The Philosopher and His Poor remains remarkably timely
twenty years after its initial publication.
General
Imprint: |
Duke University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2004 |
Firstpublished: |
April 2004 |
Authors: |
Jacques Rancière
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Editors: |
Andrew Parker
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Translators: |
John Drury
• Corinne Oster
• Andrew Parker
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Dimensions: |
235 x 154 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
247 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-3274-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8223-3274-4 |
Barcode: |
9780822332749 |
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