Judging Lyotard / edited by Andrew Benjamin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benjamin, Andrew E.

Series:

Warwick studies in philosophy and literature.

Warwick studies in philosophy and literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998.

Lyotard, Jean-François.

Physical Description:

xii, 211 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. Sensus communis / Jean-Francois Lyotard

2. Lyotard and the problem of justice / Anne Barron

3. On the critical 'post' : Lyotard's agitated judgement / Richard Beardsworth

4. The modern democratic revolution : reflections on Lyotard's The postmodern condition / John Keane

5. Habermas vs Lyotard : modernity vs postmodernity / Emilia Steuerman

6. The postmodern Kantianism of Arendt and Lyotard / David Ingram

7. 'Ces petits differends' : Lyotard and Horace / Geoffrey Bennington

8. Pagans, perverts or primitives? : experimental justice in the empire of capital / Bill Readings

9. Les immateriaux and the postmodern sublime / Paul Crowther.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-94062-9

1-134-94063-7

1-282-77730-0

9786612777301

0-203-00701-8

9780203007013

OCLC:

299512503