The Postmodern Condition: A Report On Knowledge
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What does it mean to know something in a world where grand narratives have lost their authority? Jean-François Lyotard's landmark work, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, presents a radical rethinking of knowledge, science, and legitimacy in the late twentieth century, arguing that the defining feature of the postmodern era is a profound and irrevocable incredulity toward the totalising metanarratives — such as Enlightenment progress and Marxist emancipation — that once justified Western thought and institutions. Originally commissioned as a report for the Conseil des Universités of the Government of Quebec, this slim but seismic text diagnoses the contemporary crisis of legitimation across science, technology, and culture with incisive precision. Translated from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi, and prefaced by the renowned cultural theorist Fredric Jameson, this volume — part of the prestigious Theory and History of Literature series published by Manchester University Press — stands as one of the most debated and influential works in modern philosophy and cultural theory. Lyotard's style is characteristically dense yet electric, weaving together philosophy of language, information theory, and political thought into a provocative argument that reshaped how an entire generation understood truth, power, and the nature of knowledge itself. For anyone seeking to understand the intellectual foundations of postmodernism, this text remains the essential — and deeply unsettling — starting point.
Author: Jean-François Lyotard
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986, Manchester University Press
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to know something in a world where grand narratives have lost their authority? Jean-François Lyotard's landmark work, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, presents a radical rethinking of knowledge, science, and legitimacy in the late twentieth century, arguing that the defining feature of the postmodern era is a profound and irrevocable incredulity toward the totalising metanarratives — such as Enlightenment progress and Marxist emancipation — that once justified Western thought and institutions. Originally commissioned as a report for the Conseil des Universités of the Government of Quebec, this slim but seismic text diagnoses the contemporary crisis of legitimation across science, technology, and culture with incisive precision. Translated from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi, and prefaced by the renowned cultural theorist Fredric Jameson, this volume — part of the prestigious Theory and History of Literature series published by Manchester University Press — stands as one of the most debated and influential works in modern philosophy and cultural theory. Lyotard's style is characteristically dense yet electric, weaving together philosophy of language, information theory, and political thought into a provocative argument that reshaped how an entire generation understood truth, power, and the nature of knowledge itself. For anyone seeking to understand the intellectual foundations of postmodernism, this text remains the essential — and deeply unsettling — starting point.