Lyotard and the Inhuman Condition : Reflections on Nihilism, Information and Art Hardback
by Ashley Woodward
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Argues for the pivotal importance of Lyotard in light of the emerging discipline of posthumanism Ashley Woodward presents a series of studies to explain Lyotard's specific interventions in information theory, new media arts and the changing nature of the human.
He assesses their relevance and impact in relation to a number of important contemporary thinkers including Bernard Stiegler, Luciano Floridi, Quentin Meillassoux and Paul Virilio. Jean-Francois Lyotard was one of the leading French philosophers of his generation, whose wide-ranging and highly original contributions to thought were overshadowed by his brief, unfortunate association with 'postmodernism.' Woodward demonstrates what a new generation of scholars are just discovering: that Lyotard's incisive work is essential for current debates in the humanities.
Lyotard's ideas about the arts and the confrontations between humanist traditions and cutting-edge sciences and technologies are today known as 'posthumanism'.
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- Publication Date:31/08/2017
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2017
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- ISBN:9781474425803