Stuart Sim explores how Lyotard's brand of pragmatism can provide a focus for political theory and action in our cultural climate, especially in light of the dramatic resurgence of right-wing extremism

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1. Verfasser:	Sim, Stuart 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:	Thinking Politics
Schlagworte:	Lyotard, Jean-François > 1924-1998 Pragmatismus Politische Theorie Electronic books
Online-Zugang:	FUBA1
Zusammenfassung:	Stuart Sim explores how Lyotard's brand of pragmatism can provide a focus for political theory and action in our cultural climate, especially in light of the dramatic resurgence of right-wing extremism Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Thinking Politics with Lyotard -- Lyotard's Style -- 1 'Philosophical Politics' in the Twenty-first Century -- Philosophers and Intellectuals -- Lyotard's Postmodernism -- Peregrinations: Thinking Politics Fluidly -- Left Populism -- Posthegemony and Populism -- Little Narratives and Liberal Democracy -- Philosophers Against the System -- 2 Relativism and the Problem of Value Judgement -- Just Relativising -- Judging Fascism -- Judging Lyotard -- Pragmatic Relativism -- Conclusion -- 3 Lyotard and the Post-Marxist Turn -- The Rise of Post-Marxism -- Algeria: The Limits of Marxist Thought -- Libidinal Economy: Marx and Desire -- The Answer to Grand Narrative: The Postmodern Condition -- The Viability of Post-Marxism -- Conclusion -- 4 The Politics of the Differend -- The Archipelago and Differends -- Gender and the Differend -- The Nation State and the Differend -- Internal Differends -- Conclusion -- 5 The Politics of Heidegger -- Farías on Heidegger -- Derrida on Heidegger -- Lyotard and the Sin of Forgetting -- Lyotard as Anti-Populist -- Scapegoating and 'the jews' -- Heidegger Post-Lyotard -- 6 Thinking the Politics of the Future -- Of Cyborgs and Cybernetic Systems -- 'Can Thought Go On Without a Body?' -- Corporate Power and Robot Labour -- The End is Nigh -- 7 Aesthetics and Politics -- Duchamp and Aesthetic Indeterminacy -- Modernisms and Postmodernisms -- Newman: No Allusions -- Monory: No Story -- Lyotard on Literature -- Lyotard on Film -- Lyotard on Television -- Lyotard on Music -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Towar ds a Politics of the Event -- Living with Events -- Svelte Politics -- Pagan Politics -- Reassessing the Event -- Lyotard as a Work of Art -- Dissension and Invention -- 'How to Judge Jean-François Lyotard?' -- Bibliography -- Index
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Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (vii, 171 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781474456531