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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783891203321

Autore

Malpas Simon

Titolo

Jean Froncois Lyotard [[electronic resource] /] / Simon Malpas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-52007-7

1-280-10827-4

0-203-98690-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Routledge Critical Thinkers

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophers - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; WHY LYOTARD?; KEY IDEAS; 1 The Postmodern Condition; 2 Art, the sublime and the postmodern; 3 Phrases and the differend: Lyotard's politics; 4 History, politics and representation; 5 Art, the inhuman and the event; 6 The task of the critic: rewriting modernity; AFTER LYOTARD; FURTHER READING; Works cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Jean-François Lyotard is one of the most celebrated proponents of what has become known as the 'postmodern'. More than almost any other contemporary theorist, he has explored the relations between knowledge, art, politics and history, in ways that offer radical new possibilities for thinking about modern culture. Simon Malpas introduces students to issues at the heart of Lyotard's work, including*modernity and the postmodern*the sublime*ethics*history and representation*art and the unpresentable*knowledge, the university and the future.Lyotard's work is impossib