Please enter the message. Brian Beakley. 110 pages. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge is a nonfiction book by Jean-Francois Lyotard.First published in 1979, the book questions the nature of knowledge in a rapidly changing world, and it questions what postmodernity means for science and technology. U of Minnesota Press, 1984 - Philosophy- 110 pages. 1. E-book - Full text from EBL, catalogue.londonmet.ac.uk Don't have an account? @inproceedings{Lyotard1979ThePC, title={The postmodern condition : a report on knowledge}, author={Jean-françois Lyotard and G. Bennington and B. Massumi}, year={1979} } Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age … Acclaimed for his innovative investigation of postmodernity, Jean François Lyotard's well-referenced tome, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1979) was initially commissioned by Conseil des Universités (Quebec) as an investigation into how society should re-evaluate our acquisition of knowledge in a digital/computerised age. Jean-François LyotardTranslated by Geoff Bennington and Brian MassumiForeword by Fredric Jameson. The postmodern condition by Jean-François Lyotard, 1984, University of Minnesota Press edition, in English Therein is the problem, Postmodernism is often wrapped in impenetrable, obscurantist language. The First 5 Chapters of main body of work are reproduced here. # The postmodern condition : a report on knowledge\n, The field : knowledge in computerized societies -- The problem : legitimation -- The method : language games -- The nature of the social bond : the modern alternative -- The nature of the social bond : the postmodern perspective -- The pragmatics of narrative knowledge -- The pragmatics of scientific knowledge -- The narrative function and the legitimation of knowledge -- Narratives of the legitimation of knowledge -- Delegitimation -- Research and its legitimation through performativity -- Education and its legitimation through performativity -- Postmodern science as the search for instabilities -- Legitimation by paralogy -- Appendix : Answering the question : what is postmodernism.\"@, Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. This founding essay of the postmodern movement argues that knowledge-science, technology, and the arts-has undergone a change of status since the 19th century and especially since the late 1950s. The postmodern condition. If you need more information on APA citations check out our APA citation guide or start citing with the BibGuru APA citation generator. An interpretation of this mythic figure by one of the twentieth-century’s major philosophers. This makes it invaluable to any serious student of PoMo. Welcome to The Postmodern Condition by French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998). Please enter your name. 7Reviews. How to cite "The postmodern condition" by Jean-Francois Lyotard APA citation. "Answering the Question: "What Is Postmodemism?" I. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States, The must-read exposé of America’s love/hate affair with French theory. Lyotard, Jean Fran ois. (Theory and history ofliterature; v. l 0) Translation of: La condition postmoderne. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. 2. appears in this book WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information is controlled in the Western world. londonmet.eblib.com Trans. You can easily create a free account. Civilization, Modern-20th century. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world. Literature, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Lyotard's seminal The Postmodern Condition is one of the easier works to get to grips with, especially, compared to say, Deleuze and Guattari's works. Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. All rights reserved. Manchester University Press, 1984. Title. Jean-François Lyotard ; translation from the French by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi ; foreword by Fredric Jameson. Translation of: La condition postmoderne. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world. Learn more ››. Art and Performance,