Jean-François Lyotard is best remembered today as a theorist of postmodernism. During the 1950s, Lyotard was actively involved in supporting Algeria’s freedom struggle, while realistically ...

In the 20 years since Jean-François Lyotard died, on 21st April 1998, the reputation of the idea most associated with him has plummeted. Most today see postmodernism as a busted flush. Its early, left ...

Jean-François Lyotard, the French philosopher, delivered four lectures, “Why Philosophize?” at the Sorbonne in 1964, arguing passionately that we philosophize out of desire, a sense of ...

It's been more than 30 years since Jean-François Lyotard closed the historical door on Modernism. It was 1979, to be exact, when Lyotard published The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge ...

In his classic 1979 book, "The Postmodern Condition," French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard argued that all grand ideas, universal narratives and overarching philosophies of the world should ...

Jean-Francois Lyotard. Posted in Media, News/Politics, Tech The French philosopher and the American whistle-blower. by Bert Olivier 14 January 2014 14 January 2014. Unless one acknowledges the complex ...

YALE FRENCH STUDIES, 99 Jean-François Lyotard: Time and Judgment Edited by Robert Harvey and Lawrence R. Schehr ISBN 0-300-08991-0 The work of the polymath Jean-François Lyotard has proven seminal in ...

For psychologists, Lyotard’s argument has profound relevance. In my experience, psychotherapy is much like philosophy in its focus on life’s possibilities and how individuals engage with the ...