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Jacques Rancière

1940 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Rancière has received more than 566,023 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Rancière is the 355th most popular philosopher (down from 337th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 22nd 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 355 out of 1,267. Before him are Maurice Halbwachs, Otto Neurath, Pietro Pomponazzi, Isaac Abarbanel, Haji Bektash Veli, and Juan Luis Vives. After him are Strato of Lampsacus, Edward de Bono, Macrobius, Wilhelm Windelband, Han Yu, and Pompeia Plotina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jacques Rancière ranks 67. Before him are Thomas Harris, George A. Romero, James Cromwell, Joachim Frank, Astrud Gilberto, and Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein. After him are Fatema Mernissi, Dennis Tito, John Gotti, Bruce Chatwin, Raul Julia, and Brian Josephson.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Jacques Rancière ranks 24 out of 213. Before him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Martianus Capella (360), Daniel Auteuil (1950), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933). After him are Syphax (-250), Ferhat Abbas (1899), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Marcel Cerdan (1916), and Marlène Jobert (1940).

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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 Priscian (500), Émile Boirac (1851), Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100), and Catherine Malabou (1959).

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