The differend : phrases in dispute /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[1988]
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| Series: | Theory and history of literature ;
v. 46. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Le différend. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 208 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780816616114 0816616116 9780816616107 0816616108 |