Le Philosophe et ses pauvres by Jacques Rancière, © 1983 Librairie Arthème Fayard. English translation by Andrew Parker © 2004 Duke University Press. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ∞ Designed by Rebecca M. Giménez. Typeset in Quadraat by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book.