Bruno Latour and Jacques Rancière seem like strange bedfellows. Given their different philosophical interests and political commitments, it is difficult to imagine how one can be a valuable interlocutor for the other. Yet, in this paper I wish to demonstrate that such an encounter can in fact be fruitful to both thinkers. Rancière offers an insightful way to redefine politics as aesthetics through a radical opening towards the sans-part (the unintelligible). Latour, in turn, renews politics by granting logos to nonhumans and reflecting on their political mode of existence. In this contribution, I will argue that by combining the two philosophers we are better equipped to rethink Left politics for the 21^st century.

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