Lyotard and the political

Lyotard and the political / James Williams.

Lyotard and the Political is the first book to consider the full range of the political thought of the French philosopher François Lyotard and its broader implications for an understanding of the political. James Williams clearly and carefully traces the development of Lyotard's thought from h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, James, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series:Thinking the political.
Subjects:
Lyotard, Jean François > Contributions in political science.
Lyotard, Jean-François, > 1924-1998
Lyotard, Jean-François.
State, The.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Political science
State, The
Politische Theorie
Politieke filosofie.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction. Lyotard on Malraux: nihilism, art and politics
  • 2. Impasse. The Algerian differend. Economics and terror. Algeria after independence. Critical attacks on the left and the right. The libidinal drift away from critique. The silencing of critique
  • 3. Libidinal Economy and nihilism. For a revaluation of libidinal economy. Style and arguments. Dissimulation in context. The problem of nihilism. Heidegger and metaphysics. The political as active passivity
  • 4. Libidinal Economy and capital. Problems of a passive politics. Art and the political as active passivity. Painting and desire. Painting and apathy. Passivity and the problem of collaboration. Libidinal economies. Modern capitalism and active passivity.

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