The Inhuman - Reflections on Time

The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers. His earlier work The Postmodern Condition is widely regarded as a modern classic. This book develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity. The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers.

List of contents

Introduction: About the Human. 1. Can Thought go on without a Body?.
2. Rewriting Modernity.
3. Matter and Time.
4. Logos and Tekhne, or Telegraphy.
5. Time Today.
6. Newman: The Instant.
7. The Sublime and the Avant-Garde.
8. Something like: 'Communication ... without Communication.'.
9. Representation, Presentation, Unpresentable.
10. Speech Snapshot.
11. After the Sublime, the State of Aesthetics.
12. Conservation and Colour.
13. God and the Puppet.
14. Obedience.
15. Scapeland.
16. Domus and the Megalopolis.
Index.

About the author

Jean- François Lyotard was considered to be one of the architects of postmodernity and is the author of many books published in both French and English.

Summary

The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers. His earlier work The Postmodern Condition is widely regarded as a modern classic. This book develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity. The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Francois Lyotard, J Lyotard, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean-Francois (formerly Emeritus of Philosophy Lyotard, Jean-Francois (formerly Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Lyotard, Lyotard Jean-Francois
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.1993
• EAN: 9780745612386
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-1238-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -