"We no longer think of art as one independent sphere and politics as another, necessitating a privileged mediation between the two-a "critical awakening" or "raised consciousness."" - Jacques Rancière

Born in Algiers, 1940, he is a French philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris (St. Denis) who came to prominence when he co-authored Reading Capital (1968), with the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser.

Read his interview Art of the Possible published in Artforum (March 2007)