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The Ignorant Schoolmaster

The Ignorant Schoolmaster
Author Jacques Rancière
Translator Kristin Ross
Subject Philosophy, education
Published 1987
Published in English
1991
Pages 148 (English)

The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation is a 1987 book by the philosopher Jacques Rancière on the role of the teacher and individual towards individual liberation. Rancière uses the example of Joseph Jacotot, a French teacher in the late 18th century who taught in Belgium without knowledge of their language, to explain the role of liberation after Marxism. The work expresses Rousseauist ideas and emphasizes that individual change precipitates societal change. Its arguments draw heavily from the French socialist party's debates on education during the 1980s. It was translated to English in 1991 by Kristin Ross. A review in French Studies wrote that the book would have a small audience outside France due to the specificity of its themes, the resurgence of right-wing politics, and growing unemployment in which few would have the leisure to pursue the inward dialogue Rancière recommends.



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