The Differend: Phrases in Dispute
by Jean-François Lyotard
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In The Differend, Lyotard subjects to scrutiny- from the particular perspective of his notion of 'differend' (difference in the sense of dispute)- the turn of all Western philosophies toward language; the decline of metaphysics; the present intellectual retreat of Marxism; the hopes raised and mostly dashed, by theory; and the growing political despair. Taking his point of departure in an analysis of what Auschwitz meant philosophically, Lyotard attempts to sketch out modes of thought for show more our present. show lessTags
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The late Jean-Francois Lyotard was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-VIII and Professor of Humanities at Emory University
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- The Differend: Phrases in Dispute
- Original title
- Le différend
- Original publication date
- 1983
- Dedication
- aAMma
- Original language
- French
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