ISBN10: 0816611734, ISBN13: 9780816611737, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota] Softcover Paperback. Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world. Lyotard emphasized language; the world of postmodern knowledge can be represented as a game of language where speaking is participation in the game whose goal is the creation of new and ever-changing social linkages. In this book it explores science and technology, makes connections between these epistemic, cultural, and political trends, and develops profound insights into the nature of our postmodernity. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 0816611734, ISBN13: 9780816611737, [publisher: University of Minnesota Press 1984-06-21, Minneapolis] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1984]

Paperback / softback. New. ISBN 0816611734 9780816611737 [GB]