Le Différend
Author | : Jean-François Lyotard |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : 0816616116 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780816616114 |
Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Download or read book Le Différend written by Jean-François Lyotard and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Differend, Lyotard subjects to scrutiny- from the particular perspective of his notion of 'differend' (difference in the sense of dispute)- the turn of all Western philosophies toward language; the decline of metaphysics; the present intellectual retreat of Marxism; the hopes raised and mostly dashed, by theory; and the growing political despair. Taking his point of departure in an analysis of what Auschwitz meant philosophically, Lyotard attempts to sketch out modes of thought for our present.