Jacques Rancière ; translated, with an introduction by Kristin Ross.
Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
1991.
xxiii, 148 pages ;
23 cm
Translation of: Le maître ignorant.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148).
1. An intellectual adventure -- 2. The ignorant one's lesson -- 3. Reason between equals -- 4. The society of contempt -- 5. The emancipator and his monkey.
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"Primarily this book is the story of Joseph Jacotot, an exiled French schoolmaster who discovered in 1818 an unconventional teaching method that spread panic throughout the learned community of Europe." -- Back cover.