{"title":"Jean-François Lyotard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-François Lyotard\u003c\/strong\u003e is renowned for his profound explorations of postmodern philosophy, especially focusing on knowledge, language, and the complexities of communication. Readers can expect works that challenge traditional narratives and question the foundations of reason and truth in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis writing often intersects with themes of ethics and aesthetics, inviting reflection on the nature of justice and the limits of discourse. Lyotard’s texts are essential for those interested in the shifting landscapes of philosophy and psychology in the late 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"differend-by-jean-francois-lyotard-9780816616114","title":"Differend","description":"","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000593137900,"sku":"9780816616114","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20373523482478.jpg?v=1763287851"},{"product_id":"libidinal-economy-by-jean-francois-lyotard-9781474241120","title":"Libidinal Economy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1974, \u003ci\u003eLibidinal Economy\u003c\/i\u003e is a major work of twentieth-century continental philosophy. In it, Lyotard develops the idea of economies driven by libidinal ‘energies’ or ‘intensities’ which he claims flow through all structures, such as the human body and political or social events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe uses this idea to interpret a diverse range of subjects including political economy, Marxism, sexual politics, semiotics, and psychoanalysis. Lyotard also carries out a broad critique of philosophies of desire, as expounded by Deleuze and Guattari, Nietzsche, Bataille, Foucault, and de Sade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Iain Hamilton Grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000670437612,"sku":"9781474241120","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24548723482712.jpg?v=1763295290"},{"product_id":"readings-in-infancy-by-jean-francois-lyotard-9781350167346","title":"Readings in Infancy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNobody knows how to write\u003c\/em\u003e. Thus opens this carefully nuanced and accessible collection of essays by one of the most important writer-philosophers of the 20th century, Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in French in 1991 as \u003cem\u003eLectures d'enfance\u003c\/em\u003e, these essays have never been printed as a collection in English. In them, Lyotard investigates his idea of \u003cem\u003einfantia\u003c\/em\u003e, or the infancy of thought that resists all forms of development, either human or technological.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach essay responds to works by writers and thinkers who are central to cultural modernism, such as James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Sigmund Freud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume – with a new introduction and afterword by Robert Harvey and Kiff Bamford – contextualises Lyotard’s thought and demonstrates his continued relevance today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000722800876,"sku":"9781350167346","price":51.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19585743482668.jpg?v=1763300511"},{"product_id":"the-postmodern-condition-by-jean-francois-lyotard-9780816611737","title":"The Postmodern Condition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In \u003cem\u003eThe Postmodern Condition\u003c\/em\u003e, Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLyotard emphasised language; the world of postmodern knowledge can be represented as a game of language where speaking is participation in the game whose goal is the creation of new and ever-changing social linkages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608128536812,"sku":"9780816611737","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/96f1112f1ba3c01440443e6563f35d3b.jpg?v=1778185342"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/jean-francois-lyotard.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}