Lyotard reframed : interpreting key thinkers for the arts / by Graham Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Graham (Lecturer in media, communications and writing), author.

Series:

Contemporary thinkers reframed series.

Contemporary thinkers reframed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998.

Lyotard, Jean-François.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Lyotard's claims concerning the postmodern have often been misunderstood or misrepresented. Lyotard Reframed provides an analysis of Lyotard's most influential writings on the postmodern alongside a detailed commentary on his broader philosophy, demonstrating and clarifying his work's ongoing relevance to creative endeavour and debates concerning the value and significance of the visual arts. It also situates Lyotard's discussion of the postmodern within the context of his other key concepts: the figural, the libidinal and the sublime. Accessible in style and approach, Lyotard Reframed employs numerous examples drawn from the arts to critically examine and evaluate the nature, history and significance of these important concepts and explore their respective links with phenomenology, Marxism, structuralism, psychoanalysis and deconstruction."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Cover ; Copyright ; Contents ; List of illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Chapter 1. The figural ; Chapter 2. The libidinal ; Chapter 3. The sublime ; Chapter 4. The postmodern ; Notes ; Select bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755696840

0755696840

9780857724151

0857724150

OCLC:

923637999