Lyotard and the Political

"Lyotard and the Political" is the first book to consider the full range of the French philosopher Francois Lyotard's political thought and its broader implications. Author 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 of Marx and Freud. This book explains why Lyotard lost his belief in revolutionary politics and seeks to draw out the positive and negative consequences of this loss. Encompassing all of Lyotard's thought, early and late, the book situates his work in terms of the dominant political and philosophical positions of the twentieth century.Williams clearly explains the relationship between Lyotard's thought and the thought of Kant, Heidegger, and Deleuze.

List of contents

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?;

About the author

James Wiliams

Summary

This is the first book to consider the full range of the political thought of Francois Lyotard and its broader implications, tracing its development from his early Marxist essays to his break with the thought of Marx and Freud.

Product details

• Authors: James Williams
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.1999
• EAN: 9780415183482
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18348-2
• No. of pages: 164
• Weight: 460 g
• Series: Thinking the Political
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; PHILOSOPHY / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy