Abstract

This article aims to introduce the reader to the aesthetics of Jacques Rancière. By examining his latest publications and papers – Le Partage du sensible, L’Inconscient esthétique and Le Spectateur émancipé – we shall shed light on some key concepts of his thought, such as “Le Partage du sensible” and “Dissensus”, and explain how they are linked to the different regimes of artistic expression that Rancière identifies in his work as the ethic regime, the representational regime and the aesthetic regime of art. In so doing, we shall show how Rancière rightfully demonstrates that political and pedagogical implications are always present and felt within artistic expression.