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The Lyotard Reader and Guide / Keith Crome, James Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748620579
  • 9781474465960
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Translators -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I Philosophy -- II Literature -- III Politics -- IV Art -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The first comprehensive anthology of Jean-François Lyotard's writings together with a critical guide.The Lyotard Reader and Guide is designed as a one-stop companion to his thought. It covers the full range of Lyotard's work, from beginning to end, through his three main books (Discours, figure, Libidinal Economy and The Differend) and up to his influential essays in The Inhuman and Postmodern Fables.The readings are organised in sections on philosophy, politics, art and literature for ease of use. Detailed introductions to each section explain Lyotard's key ideas and raise criticisms, providing a clear critical introduction to Lyotard and his works. As a sourcebook and guide the book will be indispensable for the subjects touched by Lyotard's ground-breaking conceptual innovations and ideas, notably, philosophy, critical theory, literature, art and politics.Key Features:The most up-to-date and comprehensive volume availableIncludes the most important as well as less well known texts and newly translated workCarefully selected and presented by leading Lyotard scholarsBroad coverage in sections covering Philosophy, Literature, Politics and ArtFull explanatory introductions to each section as well as a General Introduction provide a critical guide to Lyotard's work
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Translators -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I Philosophy -- II Literature -- III Politics -- IV Art -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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The first comprehensive anthology of Jean-François Lyotard's writings together with a critical guide.The Lyotard Reader and Guide is designed as a one-stop companion to his thought. It covers the full range of Lyotard's work, from beginning to end, through his three main books (Discours, figure, Libidinal Economy and The Differend) and up to his influential essays in The Inhuman and Postmodern Fables.The readings are organised in sections on philosophy, politics, art and literature for ease of use. Detailed introductions to each section explain Lyotard's key ideas and raise criticisms, providing a clear critical introduction to Lyotard and his works. As a sourcebook and guide the book will be indispensable for the subjects touched by Lyotard's ground-breaking conceptual innovations and ideas, notably, philosophy, critical theory, literature, art and politics.Key Features:The most up-to-date and comprehensive volume availableIncludes the most important as well as less well known texts and newly translated workCarefully selected and presented by leading Lyotard scholarsBroad coverage in sections covering Philosophy, Literature, Politics and ArtFull explanatory introductions to each section as well as a General Introduction provide a critical guide to Lyotard's work

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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