The conflict between politics and philosophy

What is politics really? According to Jacques Rancière, one of the most influential contemporary political philosophers, it is not the exercise of power or consensus, but the moment when the voiceless break into the existing order and demand equality.

 This essay, which has now become a classic, starts from a radical provocation: political philosophy as it is practiced today does nothing but legitimize what already exists.At a time when Big Tech is shaping public opinion and democratic consensus is intertwined with the logic of domination, Rancier suggests a return to the essence of conflict in politics—dissent—as the space where real risks are revealed: who matters, who has the right to speak, and who is systematically excluded.