Toward the Postmodern

Contains thirteen of Lyotard's most representative essays on literature, aesthetics, and the psychopolitical dimensions of discourse, spanning the years 1970-1991. Included are several previously untranslated and two unpublished essays, a comprehensive bibliography, and a thorough index.

The late Jean-Francois Lyotard was professor of philosophy at the Universite De Paris VIII (Universite De Vincennes) and a major literary critic and theoretician of postmodernism.

Note on the Translation

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

Editors' Introduction

xii

Part One: The Libidinal

The Psychoanalytic Approach to Artistic and Literary Expression

2

(10)

On a Figure of Discourse

12

(15)

Jewish Oedipus

27

(14)

``A Few Words to Sing''

41

(21)

Part Two: The Pagan

On the Strength of the Weak

62

(11)

Humor in Semiotheology

73

(14)

Futility in Revolution

87

(28)

Retortion in Theopolitics

115

(10)

False Flights in Literature

125

(19)

Part Three: The Intractable

The Survivor

144

(20)

On What Is ``Art''

164

(12)

Prescription

176

(16)

Return upon the Return

192

(15)

Notes

207

(16)

Bibliography

223

(22)

Index

245

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Toward the Postmodern

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