Description |
xvi, 208 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Series |
Theory and history of literature ; volume 46 |
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Theory and history of literature ; v. 46.
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Language |
In English; translated from the French. |
Note |
Translation of: Le différend. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and indexes. |
Contents |
Preface : reading dossier -- The differend -- The referent, the name -- Presentation -- Result -- Obligation -- Genre, norm -- The sign of history -- Works cited. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Philosophy.
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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Added Author |
Van den Abbeele, Georges, translator.
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Translation of (work): Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998.
Différend.
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ISBN |
9780816616114 (pbk.) |
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0816616116 (pbk.) |
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9780816616107 |
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0816616108 |
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