Lyotard: Philosophy, Politics, and the SublimeHugh J. Silverman Jean-Franois Lyotard, the highly influential twentieth-century philosopher of the postmodern, has had an enormous impact on the course and commitment of contemporary philosophy. Lyotard: Philosophy, Politics, and the Sublime is a thoroughgoing reassessment of his extraordinary legacy and contribution to contemporary cultural, political, ethical, and aesthetic theory, and an indispenable guide to key issues in his philosophy. Fifteen distinguished scholars have contributed new, original essays examining the main themes in Lyotard's work with a focus on the special intersections of philosophy, psychoanalysis, politics, and the experience of the sublime in art. The volume includes an up-to-date bibliography of works by and about Lyotard, previously unpublished photographs of Lyotard, and an incisive essay by Lyotard himself on the philosophical significance of Freud's case of Emma. |
Contents
BETWEEN POLITICS AND AESTHETICS | 1 |
BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS | 23 |
Shaun Gallagher | 49 |
Fred Evans | 61 |
LYOTARD LEVINAS | 75 |
LYOTARD GADAMER AND THE RELATION BETWEEN | 84 |
LYOTARD NANCY AND THE MYTH OF INTERRUPTION | 100 |
Erik Vogt | 113 |
LYOTARD AND HISTORY WITHOUT WITNESSES | 151 |
Stephen David Ross | 164 |
Richard Brons | 179 |
Serge Trottein | 192 |
Wilhelm S Wurzer | 201 |
THE SUSPENSE | 213 |
LYOTARD AND THE EVENTS OF | 222 |
Hélène Volat | 259 |
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