1st Edition

Lyotard and the Political

By James Williams Copyright 2000
163 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

163 Pages
by Routledge

Lyotard and the Political is the first book to consider the full range of the political thought of the French philosopher François Lyotard and its broader implications for an understanding of the political. James Williams clearly and carefully traces the development of Lyotard's thought from his early Marxist essays on the Algerian struggle for independence to his break with the thought... Read more
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION. LYOTARD ON MALRAUX: NIHILISM, ART AND POLITICS; Chapter 2 IMPASSE; Chapter 3 LIBIDINAL ECONOMY AND NIHILISM; Chapter 4 LIBIDINAL ECONOMY AND CAPITAL; Chapter 5 THE TURN TO JUDGEMENT; Chapter 6 THE SUBLIME AND POLITICS; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION. A WITHDRAWAL FROM THE POLITICAL?;

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