Judging Lyotard

by Andrew Benjamin (Editor)

Overview

The work of Jean-Francois Lyotard signals the return of judgement to the centre of philosophical concerns. This collection of papers is the first devoted to his work and provides an estimation and critique of his writings, and included Lyotard's important essay on Sensus Communis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415052573
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/02/1992
Series:	Warwick Studies in Philosophy and Literature
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Andrew Benjamin is the general editor of the Warwick Studies in Philosophy and Literature. He is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His books include Art, Mimesis and the Avant- Garde and Translation and the Nature of Philosophy, which are also published by Routledge.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Sensus Communis, Jean-François Lyotard; Chapter 2 Lyotard and the Problem of Justice, Anne Barron; Chapter 3 On the Critical ‘Post’, Richard Beardsworth; Chapter 4 The Modern Democratic Revolution, John Keane; Chapter 5 Habermas vs Lyotard, Emilia Steuerman; Chapter 6 The Postmodern Kantianism of Arendt and Lyotard, David Ingram; Chapter 7 ‘Ces Petits Différends’, Geoffrey Bennington; Chapter 8 Pagans, Perverts or Primitives?, Bill Readings; Chapter 9 Les Immatériaux and the Postmodern Sublime, Paul Crowther;

Editorial Reviews

‘Andrew Benjamin's collection is welcome as the best available introduction to Lyotard.' - Don Cupitt, Theological Book Review

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