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<p><p>In this, one of the last published books planned by one of the major cultural philosophers of our time, Lyotard addresses, in his powerful and allusive critical voice, Malraux&#8217;s reflections on art and literature. The result, more than a sequel to Lyotard&#8217;s acclaimed biography Sign&#233; Malraux, tells us as much about Lyotard and his critical concerns as it does about Malraux. It gives us Lyotard&#8217;s final thoughts on his long study of the critical, disruptive possibilities of art and of the relation between aesthetics and politics. At first glance, Lyotard&#8217;s sympathetic and generous analysis of Malraux might be surprising to some, for Malraux&#8217;s metaphysics of art seems far removed from, if not diametrically opposed to, Lyotard&#8217;s postmodern, experimental approach. But this is perhaps the book&#8217;s greatest achievement, for Lyotard succeeds both in giving a compelling critical reading of Malraux (and through him of an entire era of art criticism) and in presenting, complicating, and developing his own position on art and aesthetics.<BR>In order to present Lyotard&#8217;s exquisitely compact style in the best possible way, the original Frenc

Author

Jean François Lyotard

Publisher

Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804737494

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Humanities