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The Inhuman Jean-Francois Lyotard (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Paris VIII and Professor, University of California at Irvine)

The Inhuman By Jean-Francois Lyotard (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Paris VIII and Professor, University of California at Irvine)

The Inhuman by Jean-Francois Lyotard (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Paris VIII and Professor, University of California at Irvine)

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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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The Inhuman: Reflections on Time by Jean-Francois Lyotard (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Paris VIII and Professor, University of California at Irvine)

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. 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.

The Inhuman 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

About Jean-Francois Lyotard (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Paris VIII and Professor, University of California at Irvine)

Jean- Francois Lyotard was considered to be one of the architects of postmodernity and is the author of many books published in both French and English.

Table of Contents

Introduction: 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.

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GOR005361361
9780745612386
0745612385
The Inhuman: Reflections on Time by Jean-Francois Lyotard (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Paris VIII and Professor, University of California at Irvine)
Jean-Francois Lyotard (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Paris VIII and Professor, University of California at Irvine)
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19930708
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