What is remarkable about discourse, figure is how lyotard takes three separate strands of intellectual enquiry 1 philosophy, in particular phenomenology, 2 structuralist linguistics and poetics and 3 aspects of freudian. Discourse, figure was published in 1972 at about the same time as we were engaged in what became an jeanfrancois lyotard, discourse, figure, trans. A major gap in anglophone lyotard scholarship has been bridged, since discourse, figure is strikingly original and sheds light on many of lyotard s more widelyread texts. Discours, figure is a 1971 book by the french philosopher.
Access provided by texas christian university at 0207 8. Parrhesia number 12 2011 4151 a return to jeanfrancois lyotard s discourse, figure guy callan and james williams why discourse, figure now. Provoked in part by lacans influential seminars in paris, discourse, figure distinguishes between the meaningfulness of linguistic signs and the meaningfulness of plastic arts such as painting and sculpture. Review of discourse figure by jeanfrancois lyotard. Indeed what attracts lyotard specifically to psychoanalysis at this point in his career is freuds undia.
Discourse, figure cultural critique books jeanfrancois lyotard, antony hudek, mary lydon, john mowitt on. Now available in english, discourse, figure is jeanfrancois lyotard s thesis. Jeanfrancois lyotard translated by antony hudek and mary lydon introduction by. Of course, both signify and event are important words for lyotard. Lyotard s earliest major work, available in english for the first timenow in paperback. Project muse discourse, figure by jeanfrancois lyotard. Also byjeanfranoislyotardpublished by the university of minnesota pressthe dijfirend. Discourse, figure s goal is to signify the other of signification 2011, emphasis his. Lyotard argues that because rational thought is discursive and works of art are inherently. Lydon, university of minnesota press, minneapolis, 2011. A lapse of forty years between the french publication and its full availability in english underscores how important an occasion was the recent translation.
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