The Postmodern Explained: Correspondence, 1982-1985A major figure in the contemporary critical world, Jean-Francois Lyotard originally introduced the term 'postmodern' into current discussions of philosophy. The Postmodern Explained is an engaging collection of letters addressed to young philosophers, including the actual children of some of Lyotard's colleagues, that inform the trajectory of his thinking in the period before The Postmodern Condition through The Differend. |
Contents
Missive on Universal History | 3 |
Dispatch concerning the Confusion | 61 |
Postscript to Terror and the Sublime | 67 |
Note on the Meaning of Post | 75 |
Ticket for a New Stage | 81 |
Gloss on Resistance | 87 |
Address on the Subject of the Course | 99 |
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