Readings in Infancy Paperback / softback
by Jean-Francois Lyotard
Edited by Prof Robert Harvey, Dr Kiff Bamford
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‘Nobody knows how to write’. Thus opens this carefully nuanced and accessible collection of essays by one of the most important writer-philosophers of the 20th century, Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998).
First published in French in 1991 as Lectures d'enfance, these essays have never been printed as a collection in English.
In them, Lyotard investigates his idea of infantia, or the infancy of thought that resists all forms of development, either human or technological. Each essay responds to works by writers and thinkers who are central to cultural modernism, such as James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Sigmund Freud.
This volume – with a new introduction and afterword by Robert Harvey and Kiff Bamford – contextualises Lyotard’s thought and demonstrates his continued relevance today.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/02/2023
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- ISBN:9781350167346
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/02/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350167346