02571oam 2200601I 450 991045088330332120200520144314.097866127772571-282-77725-41-134-67127-X0-203-00490-610.4324/9780203004906 (CKB)1000000000251575(EBL)169264(OCoLC)179160952(SSID)ssj0000281588(PQKBManifestationID)11193110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281588(PQKBWorkID)10306069(PQKB)10287433(MiAaPQ)EBC169264(Au-PeEL)EBL169264(CaPaEBR)ebr10054164(CaONFJC)MIL277725(EXLCZ)99100000000025157520180331d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLyotard and the political /James WilliamsLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (164 p.)Thinking the politicalDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-18349-9 0-415-18348-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-149) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction. Lyotard on Malraux: nihilism, art and politics; Impasse; Libidinal Economy and nihilism; Libidinal Economy and capital; The turn to judgement; The sublime and politics; Conclusion. A withdrawal from the political?; Bibliography; IndexLyotard and the Political is the first book to consider the full range of the political thought of the French philosopher François Lyotard and its broader implications for an understanding of the political. James Williams clearly and carefully traces the development of Lyotard's thought from his early Marxist essays on the Algerian struggle for independence to his break with the thought of Marx and Freud. This is compared with Lyotard's later, highly influential writings on the politics of desire and his attempts to base a postmodern political discourse on the sublime. An indispensThinking the political.State, TheElectronic books.State, The.320/.092Williams James1965,925875FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910450883303321Lyotard and the political2078830UNINA