Philosophy:Discourse, Figure
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Short description: 1971 book by Jean-François Lyotard
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| Author | Jean-François Lyotard |
|---|---|
| Original title | Discours, figure |
| Translators | Antony Hudek, Mary Lydon |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Series | Cultural Critique Books |
| Subject | Structuralism |
| Publisher | Klincksieck, University of Minnesota Press |
Publication date | 1971 |
Published in English | 2011 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 512 (University of Minnesota Press edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0816645657 |
Discourse, Figure (French: Discours, figure) is a 1971 book by the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard. The philosopher Alan D. Schrift described the book as Lyotard's first major work.[1] According to the philosopher Iain Hamilton Grant, Lyotard regarded it as one of his key works, alongside Libidinal Economy (1974) and The Differend (1983).[2]
References
Footnotes
- ↑ Schrift 2017, p. 619.
- ↑ Grant 1993, p. xx.
Bibliography
- Books
- Grant, Iain Hamilton (1993). "Introduction". Libidinal Economy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20728-2.
- Schrift, Alan D. (2017). "Lyotard, Jean-François". The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-64379-6.

