Jean-François Lyotard
Philosopher, Author
1924 – 1998
Who was Jean-François Lyotard?
Jean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as knowledge and communication, the human body, modernist and postmodern art, literature and critical theory, music, film, time and memory, space, the city and landscape, the sublime, and the relation between aesthetics and politics. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. He was co-founder of the International College of Philosophy with Jacques Derrida, François Châtelet, and Gilles Deleuze.
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- Born
- Aug 10, 1924
Versailles - Also known as
- Jean-Francois Lyotard
- Jean Lyotard
- Jean-François Lyotard
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- University of Paris
- Died
- Apr 21, 1998
Paris - Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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