Toward the postmodern / Jean-Francois Lyotard ; edited by Robert Harvey and Mark S. Roberts
- Bib ID:
- 2597587
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lyotard, Jean Francois
- Uniform Title:
- Essays. English. Selections
- Description:
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- Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press, 1993
- xvii, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0391037587
- 0391038907 (paperback)
- Series:
- Philosophy and literary theory.
- Summary:
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Toward the Postmodern contains thirteen of Jean-Francois Lyotard's most representative essays on literature, aesthetics, and the psycho-political dimensions of discourse. These compelling essays, selected in consultation with the author and arranged chronologically, give a clear view of Lyotard's trajectory over the past three decades. They will enable Lyotard's English-speaking audience to comprehend the range of his principal preoccupations both before and after his engagement with the debate over the postmodern, and also to appreciate the polemical vigor of his aesthetic critique. Toward the Postmodern contains several previously untranslated essays and two unpublished recent studies. Edited with a perceptive introduction, a comprehensive current bibliography, and a thorough index, this volume will be an invaluable tool for both students and researchers.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. 1. The Libidinal. 1. The Psychoanalytic Approach to Artistic and Literary Expression. 2. On a Figure of Discourse. 3. Jewish Oedipus. 4. "A Few Words to Sing"
- Pt. 2. The Pagan. 5. On the Strength of the Weak. 6. Humor in Semiotheology. 7. Futility in Revolution. 8. Retortion in Theopolitics. 9. False Flights in Literature
- Pt. 3. The Intractable. 10. The Survivor. 11. On What Is "Art" 12. Prescription. 13. Return upon the Return.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index.
- Subject:
- Postmodernism
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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