The Ignorant Schoolmaster - summary discussion: a study guide chapbook of Jacques Rancière's incendiary account of Joseph Jacotot, French revolution era educator.

Stefan Szczelkun, PhD (RCA)

Nov 2023 · Audio chapbooks on radical cultural thinking Book 6 · Stefan Szczelkun · AI-narrated by Anya (from Google)

About this audiobook

“Rancière sets out the radical theory of intellectual emancipation that is the core of most of his later work. It is based on his archive discovery of the works of the revolutionary French educator Joseph Jacotot (1770 - 1840).”

It is an argument for intellectual equality that comes to some startling radical conclusions!

Ratings and reviews

The Ignorant Schoolmaster provides a rollercoaster ride through some of the most challenging and stimulating questions raised by the intellectual development humankind. How can we develop emancipation through intelligence without reproducing the exisiting inequalities upon which our education is forged? I had never heard the names of Jaques Rancière or Joseph Jacatot before listening to this chapbook, but Szczelkun’s analysis of their theories makes stimulating listening.

About the author

Artist and writer based in London.