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

• Autore: Malpas Simon
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Disciplina: 194
• Soggetto topico: Philosophers - France
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Jean Froncois Lyotard
• ISBN: 1-134-52007-7; 1-280-10827-4; 0-203-98690-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451087003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Critical Thinkers