Stuart Sim

Lyotard and Politics (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is Jean Francois Lyotard's political focus that singles him out from his poststructuralist and postmodernist contemporaries. He is invariably 'thinking politics': finding ways of translating philosophical thought into a basis for political action. Stuart Sim explores how Lyotard's brand of pragmatism can provide a focus for political theory and action in our cultural climate, especially in light of the dramatic resurgence of right-wing extremism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474456548
• Artikelnr.: 72412966

Autorenporträt

Stuart Sim is retired Professor of Critical Theory at Northumbria University. He has published widely on critical theory, and is a Fellow of the English Association. Amongst his recent publications are The Lyotard Dictionary (2011), Addicted to Profit: Reclaiming Our Lives from the Free Market (2012), Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers (2013), and, with Brett Wilson and Barbara Hawkins (eds) Art, Science & Cultural Understanding (2014).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Thinking Politics with Lyotard
2. 'Philosophical Politics' in the 21st Century
3. Relativism and the Problem of Value Judgement
4. Lyotard and the Post-Marxist Turn
5. The Politics of the Differend
6. The Politics of Heidegger
7. Thinking the Politics of the Future
8. Aesthetics and Politics
9. Conclusion: Towards a Politics of the Event
Bibliography
Index.