<p><strong>`Andrew Benjamin's collection is welcome as the best available introduction to Lyotard.'</strong> - <em>Don Cupitt, Theological Book Review</em></p>

The work of Jean-Francois Lyotard signals the return of judgement to the centre of philosophical concerns. This collection of papers is the first devoted to his work and provides an estimation and critique of his writings, and included Lyotard's important essay on Sensus Communis.

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The first collection of papers devoted to the work of Lyotard. It provides an estimation and critique of his writings, and in particular considers the importance to Lyotard of the question of judgement.
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Chapter 1 Sensus Communis, Jean-François Lyotard; Chapter 2 Lyotard and the Problem of Justice, Anne Barron; Chapter 3 On the Critical ‘Post’, Richard Beardsworth; Chapter 4 The Modern Democratic Revolution, John Keane; Chapter 5 Habermas vs Lyotard, Emilia Steuerman; Chapter 6 The Postmodern Kantianism of Arendt and Lyotard, David Ingram; Chapter 7 ‘Ces Petits Différends’, Geoffrey Bennington; Chapter 8 Pagans, Perverts or Primitives?, Bill Readings; Chapter 9 Les Immatériaux and the Postmodern Sublime, Paul Crowther;
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ISBN
9780415052566
Publisert
1992-07-02
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Routledge
Vekt
430 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
224

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Biographical note

Andrew Benjamin is the general editor of the Warwick Studies in Philosophy and Literature. He is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His books include Art, Mimesis and the Avant- Garde and Translation and the Nature of Philosophy, which are also published by Routledge.