The Lyotard Reader And Guide

The Lyotard Reader and Guide is a onestop companion to Lyotards thought. Itcovers the full range of his works from his three main books Discoursfigure Libidina... » 

The Lyotard Reader and Guide is a onestop companion to Lyotards thought. Itcovers the full range of his works from his three main books Discoursfigure Libidinal Economy and The Differend and up to his influential essaysin The Inhuman and Postmodern Fables.The readings are organized into sections on philosophy politics art andliterature. Several have never before been translated into English. Detailedintroductions to each section by two leading Lyotard scholars explain thephilosophers key ideas and provide crucial social political aesthetic andphilosophical context. As a sourcebook and guide this is the most uptodateand comprehensive volume on Lyotard. It is indispensable to students andscholars in philosophy literature the arts and politics. «