Lyotard and the Political

by James Williams and James Williams

Book Overview

Lyotard and the Political is the first book to consider the full range of the political thought of the French philosopher Fran ois Lyotard and its broader implications for an understanding of the political. James Williams clearly and carefully traces the development of Lyotard's thought from his early Marxist essays on the Algerian struggle for independence to his break with the thought of Marx and Freud. This is compared with Lyotard's later, highly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415183499
• ISBN13: 9780415183499
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"