Lyotard Reframed: Interpreting Key Thinkers for the Arts (Contemporary Thinkers Reframed)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00NIY2KIK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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An essential text in Lyotard scholarship This is a timely, necessary book. Compared to his more famous or well-received compatriots, Lyotard scholarship is sorely lacking in depth and breadth. It seems in fact that Lyotard's star rose and fell with the wave of Postmodernism as it swept through anglophone universities during the heady days of "theory". However, particularly in
Graham Jones is co-editor, with Jon Roffe, of Deleuze's Philosophical Lineage (2009).
About the AuthorGraham Jones is co-editor, with Jon Roffe, of Deleuze's Philosophical Lineage (2009).
Written for students, teachers and those interested in the arts more generally, 'Lyotard Reframed' employs numerous examples drawn from painting, cinema, and comic books, to illustrate the significance of these ideas and to explore their links with phenomenology, Marxism, structuralism, psychoanalysis and deconstruction. It also situates Lyotard's discussion of the postmodern in the context of his other key concepts: the Figural, the Libidinal, and the Sublime. It also presents a glossary of relevant concepts and a useful guide to further reading.. 'Lyotard Reframed' provides a clear and original introduction to Lyotard's work on the postmodern and his philosophy more generally, demonstrating its on-going relevance to creative endeavour and debates concerning the value and significance of the visual arts. Lyotard's thoughts on the postmodern have often been misunderstood or misrepresented