Inhuman : Reflections on Time by Jean-Francois Lyotard (1993, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherPolity Press
ISBN-100745612385
ISBN-139780745612386
eBay Product ID (ePID)102831692

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Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameInhuman : Reflections on Time
Publication Year1993
SubjectGeneral, History & Surveys / Modern
TypeTextbook
AuthorJean-Francois Lyotard
Subject AreaPhilosophy
FormatTrade Paperback

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Reviews'Challenging and controversial, The Inhuman will be among the more widely discussed books of the decade.' Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine'The Inhuman offers an interesting discussion of postmodernity, the concept which has made Lyotard's reputation in the English speaking world.' Sociology, 'Challenging and controversial, the Inhuman will be among the more widely discussed books of the decade.' Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine 'The Inhuman offers an interesting discussion of postmodernity, the concept which has made Lyotard's reputation in the English speaking world.' Sociology, 'Challenging and controversial, The Inhuman will be among the more widely discussed books of the decade.' Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine ' The Inhuman offers an interesting discussion of postmodernity, the concept which has made Lyotard's reputation in the English speaking world.' Sociology
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Table Of ContentIntroduction: About the Human. 1. Can Thought go on without a Body'. 2. Rewriting Modernity. 3. Matter and Time. 4. Logos and Tekhne, or Telegraphy. 5. Time Today. 6. Newman: The Instant. 7. The Sublime and the Avant-Garde. 8. Something like: 'Communication ... without Communication.'. 9. Representation, Presentation, Unpresentable. 10. Speech Snapshot. 11. After the Sublime, the State of Aesthetics. 12. Conservation and Colour. 13. God and the Puppet. 14. Obedience. 15. Scapeland. 16. Domus and the Megalopolis. Index.
SynopsisIn this major study, now available in paperback, Lyotard develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity, and examines the philosophy of Kant, Heidegger, Adorno and Derrida. Lyotard claims that it is the task of literature, philosophy and the arts to bear witness to and explain the links between modernity, progress and humanity, and the difficult transition to postmodernity., In this major study, now available in paperback, Lyotard develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity, and examines the philosophy of Kant, Heidegger, Adorno and Derrida. Considering modernist and postmodernist art Lyotard looks at the works of Cezanne, Debussy and Boulez among others. He also addresses such issues as time and memory, the sublime and the avant-garde and the relationship between aesthetics and politics. Throughout his discussion, Lyotard considers the close but problematic links between modernity, progress and humanity, and the transition to postmodernity. He claims that it is the task of literature, philosophy and the arts to bear witness to and explain this difficult transition., ∗ The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers. ∗ His earlier work The Postmodern Condition is widely regarded as a modern classic. ∗ This book develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity. ∗ The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers.

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