POLSCI 3VV3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Jacques Rancière
17 Jul 2018
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We should be in favour of democracy but democracy is not what we think it is. Looking at ways of being in favour of democracy and we live in countries that call themselves democratic. Democracy can only be understood as a fugitive. Politics is trying to accomplish things you want, institutions etc. The political > political action that is addressed to the good of the community. He believes that under modern circumstances, democracy will only appear in fugitive moments when people get together and decide to do something for the general will. Ranciere called democracy a scandal, it never existed as a stable thing, a form of organization or a form of institution. Democratic society is never anything that intends to supports a good government . Government is always practiced by the minority over the majority. Government is always by a few over the many.
