Jean francois lyotard stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. The postmodern condition university of minnesota press. Discours, figure collection desthetique french edition. Discourse, figures goal is to signify the other of signification 2011, emphasis his. Discourse, figure captures lyotard s passionate engagement with topics beyond phenomenology and psychoanalysis to structuralism, semiotics, poetry, art, and the philosophy of language. In this paper i consider occupation by reoccupying a specific cultural, theoretical and spatial preoccupation the figureground through several operations, which seek to destabilise its ossified binarity. Among his books are discours, figure and economie libidinale. Disertasi ini memposisikan dia sebagai tokoh poststrukturalisme dan postmodernisme perancis yang terkemuka 1979. Jeanfrancois lyotard is professor of philosophy at the university of paris at vinecennes.
Parrhesia number 12 2011 4151 a return to jeanfrancois lyotard s discourse, figure guy callan and james williams why discourse, figure now. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Of course, both signify and event are important words for lyotard. Three are chapters from what are widely considered to be lyotards principal publications. Discourse, figure signifies an event in lyotards career.
Jeanfrancois lyotard is recognized as one of the most significant french philosophers of the twentieth century. Differend, presence jacob rogozinski how can one comment on the writings of lyotard. It covers the full range of his works, from his three main books discours, figure. Discourse, figure lyotards second book of philosophy is. D in literature with his dissertation discours, figure which was published in 1971. In this article the poststructuralist legacy of french philosopher jeanfrancois lyotard 19241998 is being surveyed with specific regard to his first major publication, discours, figure 1971. In 1971, lyotard earned a state doctorate with his dissertation discours, figure under mikel dufrennethe work was published the same year. Lyotard argues that because rational thought is discursive and works of art are inherently. Lyotard shares historical, political and philosophical concerns with many other poststructuralist thinkers. After his break with marxism and rejection of totalising theory, he sought to develop a theory that will take account of multiple and different forces and desires at work in any political or social situation, from the writing of theory to. Discours, figure collection collection desthetique editions.
The lyotard reader and guide is a onestop companion to lyotards thought. Differend lyotard pdf expressing the inexpressible. In discours, figurevisual arts lyotxrd associated with the figural and the process of seeing. His metaphysics bears a strong resemblance to lyotards work in discours, figure and libidinal economy 12. Discours, figure is a 1971 book by the french philosopher jeanfrancois lyotard. Lyotards discourse, figure has been an extremely important work for contemporary cultural theory. Discourse, figure captures lyotards passionate engagement with topics beyond phenomenology and psychoanalysis to structuralism, semiotics, poetry, art, and. After studying at the sorbonne, he completed an agregation teaching degree in philosophy in 1950 and joined. Jeanfrancois lyotard and the figural, part one art history.
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. Katie odonnell jean francois lyotards phenomenology introduction lyotard, most widely known for his elaboration on the postmodern condition, was a student of merleauponty and of phenomenology, and in his first book of philosophy he is concerned with explicating and critiquing phenomenology as both a style and a system. Perhaps because jeanfrancois lyotard was a prolific and sometimes too hasty writer as he termed himself, the reader is a witness to the development of the philosopher over time. Discours, figure collection d esthetique french edition by jeanfrancois lyotard 20020619 on.
The question of the representability of events that concerns lyotard throughout his career originates in discourse, figure. Inlyotard earned a state doctorate with his dissertation discours, figure under mikel dufrenne the work was published the same year. Jeanfrancois lyotard and the figural, part two art history. Pdf the event of sense in lyotards discours, figure.
Lyotard begins with an opposition between discourse, related to structuralism and written text, and figure a visual image, related to phenomenology and seeing. The readings are organized into sections on philosophy, politics, art, and literature. Lyotard began the work for which he is best known with the publication of his doctoral dissertation, discours, figure conscious and unconscious communication. Lyotard between philosophy and art paper to be given at the conference french philosophy and contemporary art at the center for body, mind and culture, boca raton, florida, dec. The notion of the potential injustice in language games appeared in the postmodern condition. Although nearly all of his major writing has been translated into english, one important work has until now been unavailable. Discussion of discours, figure by jeanfrancois lyotard, with extended references to artistic examples, in particular troubadour poetry and a painting by carlo crivelli. In his levinas notice, one of the most beautiful passages of le differend, he writes, how can a commentary not be a persecu tion of the commented on. The great ephemeral skin is the first chapter of libidinal economy 1974. Discours, figure dans le contexte decrits parus plus tard dans l. Review of discourse figure by jeanfrancois lyotard.
Discours, figure is very much written within a framework laid down by merleau ponty, whose phenomenology of. For lyotard, in lessons on the analytic of the sublimebut drawing on his argument in the differendthis is a good thing. It follows its course, from the initial otherness of the event in discours, figure, up to the is it happening. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Lyotard menulis buku the postmodern conditionyang membawanya terkenal di dunia. Schrift described the book as lyotards first major work. Discours, figure collection d esthetique french edition by jeanfrancois lyotard 20020619. Parrhesia number 12 2011 4151 a return to jeanfrancois lyotards discourse, figure guy callan and james williams why discourse, figure now.
Discours, figure is very much written within a framework laid down by merleauponty, whose phenomenology of. Lecture notes for lyotard seminar western washington university. In the postmodern condition jeanfrancois 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. A return to jeanfrancois lyotards discourse, figure guy. Jeanfrancois lyotard french philosopher and writer. He suggests that structured, abstract conceptual thought has dominated philosophy since plato, denigrating sensual experience.
His metaphysics bears a strong resemblance to lyotard s work in discours, figure and libidinal economy 12. Project muse discourse, figure by jeanfrancois lyotard. Veduta in 1971, in the wake of jacques derridas 1966 presentation structure, sign, and play in the discourse of the human sciences at johns hopkins university, the deconstruction of structuralism was well under way. Taking the side of the figural is the introductory chapter of lyotards first major work, discours, figure 1971. Pdf one of the dominant themes structuring the trajectory of jeanfrancois lyotards philosophical work is his concern to think the event in a. Discourse, figure cultural critique books jeanfrancois. Having moved to teach at the new campus of nanterre in 1966, lyotard participated in the events following march 22 and the tumult of may 1968. Figureground proceedings of the conference held at the occupation. According to the philosopher iain hamilton grant, lyotard regarded it as one of his key works, alongside libidinal economy 1974 and the differend 1983. Williams, in the lyotard reader and guide, tell us. Lyotard argues that because rational thought is discursive and works of art are inherently opaque.
Schrift described the book as lyotards first major. It achieved great success, but was also the last of lyotards writings on this particular topic where he really went against the views of karl marx. Oct 31, 2014 he studied philosophy at the sorbonne university of paris in the late 1940s. Held marquette university department of philosophy coughlin hall p. In discours, figure diffrrend, visual arts are associated with the figural and the process of seeing. Lyotard, discours, figure, kliencksieck, 2002 premiere edition. Discours, figure jeanfrancois lyotard, 1974 df idixa. Aug 03, 2019 libidinal economy begins with the figure of a body ambivalently sexedbeing cut open and spread out to form a flat, bandlike surface.
Pdf a return to jeanfrancois lyotards discours, figure. Double occupations of discourses and events oren lieberman, arts university college, bournemouth uk abstract. Lyotard brilliantly explores the relations between. Jeanfrancois lyotard, discours, figure, paris, klincksieck, 1971. Lyotard s discourse, figure has been an extremely important work for contemporary cultural theory. In 1950 he began teaching philosophy in constantine, algeria. Jan 14, 2020 it achieved great success, but was also the last of lyotards writings on this particular topic where he really went against the views of karl marx. Lyotard, jeanfrancois internet encyclopedia of philosophy.
Now available in english, discourse, figure is jeanfrancois lyotard s thesis. Her veduta on discours, figure, a version of which was origi nally meant to serve as the. He studied philosophy at the sorbonne university of paris in the late 1940s. Discourse, figure s goal is to signify the other of signification 2011, emphasis his. Deleuze taught with and held joint seminars with lyotard. A report on knowledge jeanfran ois lyotard translation from the french by geoff bennington and brian massumi foreword by fredric jameson. What is remarkable about discourse, figure is how lyotard takes three separate strands of intellectual enquiry. Negotiations with 4 university of brighton 2nd to 4th july 2009 constructed space lyotard, in his book discours, figure, uses vision as one way into the figurediscourse. Jeanfrancois lyotard, french philosopher and leading figure in the intellectual movement known as postmodernism. Antony hudek and mary lydons english translation of jeanfrancois lyotards 1971 doctoral dissertation, discours, figure.
Libidinal economy begins with the figure of a body ambivalently sexedbeing cut open and spread out to form a flat, bandlike surface. Jean francois lyotard 19421998 universitas indonesia. Now available in english, discourse, figure is jeanfrancois lyotards thesis. A report on knowledge 1979 and was fully explored and applied to the holocaust in. As a youth, lyotard considered becoming a monk, a painter, and a historian. Discourse, figure captures lyotards passionate engagement with topics beyond phenomenology and psychoanalysis to structuralism, semiotics, poetry, art, and the philosophy of language. 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. These are then followed by a turn to ancient philosophy and a revival of paganism instructions paiennes, 1977 then developed into works that draw on kant. He is best known for his studies of aesthetics and of the psychopolitical dimensions of discourses. Parrhesia number 12 2011 3740 go figure geoffrey bennington the translation of discourse, figure has been a very long time in the making.
Dalam bukunya yang sangat terkenal, lyotard libidinal economy, lyotard menunjukkan arah perubahan filsafatnya, yakni dari ekonomi politik dalam discours, figure yang dekat dengan pemikiran marxisme kepada landasan libido dalam teori freud. Written at the request of the council of universities of the provincial government of quebec on the state of knowledge in the contemporary world, this work brought the term postmodernism, already in use in other fields, such as the arts and. Jan 15, 2014 2011 saw an important publication in continental philosophy by the university of minnesota press. As a child he aspired to be many things such as an artist, historian and writer. Jeanfrancois lyotard 19241998 was a french philosopher whose best known workoften to his chagrinwas his 1979 the postmodern condition.
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