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Discourse, Figure

Jean-Francois Lyotard is recognized as one of the most significant French philosophers of the twentieth century. Although nearly all of his major writing has been translated into English, one important work has until now been unavailable. "Discourse, Figure" is Lyotard's thesis. Provo...

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Main Author: Lyotard, Jean-François
Other Authors: Hudek, Antony, Mowitt, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Jean-Francois Lyotard is recognized as one of the most significant French philosophers of the twentieth century. Although nearly all of his major writing has been translated into English, one important work has until now been unavailable. "Discourse, Figure" is Lyotard's thesis. Provoked in part by Lacan's influential seminars in Paris, "Discourse, Figure" distinguishes between the meaningfulness of linguistic signs and the meaningfulness of plastic arts such as painting and sculpture. Lyotard argues that because rational thought is discursive and works of art are inherentl
Physical Description:1 online resource (512 pages).
ISBN:9780816673308