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La condition postmoderne

Jean-François Lyotard

1984110 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1984
first published
  • 1984University of Minnesota Press · ENGISBN 9780816681853
  • 1984Manchester University Press · 110 pages · ENGISBN 9780719014505
  • 1984University of Minnesota Press · 110 pages · ENGISBN 9780816611669
  • 110 pagesISBN 9780816611737

Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world. Lyotard emphasized 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.

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