The postmodern condition
Subtitle: a report on knowledge
By: Jean-François Lyotard ; translation from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi ; foreword by Fredric Jameson
Series: Theory and history of literature -- v. 10
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780816611669; 9780816611737
Subjects: Modern Civilization; Connaissance, Théorie de la; Postmodernism; Kennis; Cultuur; Theory of Knowledge; Civilisation
Work titles: Condition postmoderne
Description: 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.
Notes: Translation of: La condition postmoderne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.