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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature) (Theory & History of Literature) by JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD, Jean-François Lyotard, translation from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi, foreword by Fredric Jameson, Jean-François Lyotard, translation from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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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. The Field : Knowledge In Computerized Societies -- The Problem : Legitimation -- The Method : Language Games -- The Nature Of The Social Bond : The Modern Alternative -- The Nature Of The Social Bond : The Postmodern Perspective -- The Pragmatics Of Narrative Knowledge -- The Pragmatics Of Scientific Knowledge -- The Narrative Function And The Legitimation Of Knowledge -- Narratives Of The Legitimation Of Knowledge -- Delegitimation -- Research And Its Legitimation Through Performativity -- Education And Its Legitimation Through Performativity -- Postmodern Science

Author

JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD, Jean-François Lyotard, translation from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi, foreword by Fredric Jameson, Jean-François Lyotard, translation from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi

Publisher

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816611669

Subjects

Computer Science, Reference, Philosophy

Rating

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Updated

2026-03-13