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Lyotard and the political /

Lyotard and the Political is the first book to consider the full range of the political thought of the French philosopher François Lyotard and its broader implications for an understanding of the political. James Williams clearly and carefully traces the development of Lyotard's thought from h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, James, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Colección:Thinking the political.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction. Lyotard on Malraux: nihilism, art and politics
  • 2. Impasse. The Algerian differend. Economics and terror. Algeria after independence. Critical attacks on the left and the right. The libidinal drift away from critique. The silencing of critique
  • 3. Libidinal Economy and nihilism. For a revaluation of libidinal economy. Style and arguments. Dissimulation in context. The problem of nihilism. Heidegger and metaphysics. The political as active passivity
  • 4. Libidinal Economy and capital. Problems of a passive politics. Art and the political as active passivity. Painting and desire. Painting and apathy. Passivity and the problem of collaboration. Libidinal economies. Modern capitalism and active passivity.