Lyotard and the End of Grand Narratives

Revisits the work of postmodern French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard. Lyotard shook the cultural world in the late twentieth century by announcing postmodernism and the end of grand narratives. He captured a feeling of unease about the standpoint of great modern thinkers, who claimed to have resolved the big problems of epistemology, society, and history. Now, after the first quarter of the twenty-first century, it pays to look back at what he had to say. There was always more to Lyotard than a set of soundbites about the end of modernity, just as there is more to Hegel and Marx than the passing of modernist certainties. Lyotard and the End of Grand Narratives reviews the whole of Lyotard's work, adopting a critical attitude to his thinking. Likewise, it does not take the thought of Hegel, Marx, and other grand theorists for granted; it reviews them carefully and creates a critical reframing of modern thought in the light of Lyotard's postmodern perspective.

Info autore

Gary Browning is associate dean of the Department of Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes University.

Riassunto

This study considers Lyotard's notion of a "grand" narrative and analyzes his critique of modernity. In the light of Lyotard's views, it goes on to examine the work of seven political thinkers whose ideas represent different stands of a distinctively modern perspective.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gary Browning, Gary K. Browning, Browning Gary
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 15.03.2026
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro
• EAN: 9780708315071
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1507-1
• Numero di pagine: 213
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.8 x 21.6 cm
• Serie: Political Philosophy Now S.; Political Philosophy Now S.; Political Philosophy Now
• Categorie: Browning, Grand, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Lyotard, of, Social & political philosophy, Gary, social and political philosophy, narratives, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, END