A French philosopher of the post-structuralist school, Jean Francois Lyotard (1925-1998) is perhaps best known for his book The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1979). In that work, Lyotard attempted to define the principle aspects … Civilization, Modern-20th century. He wrote in the Introduction to this 1979 book, “The object of this study is the condition of knowledge in the most highly developed societies. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (French: La condition postmoderne: rapport sur le savoir) is a 1979 book by the philosopher Jean-François Lyotard, in which the author analyzes the notion of knowledge in postmodern society as the end of 'grand narratives' or metanarratives, which he considers a quintessential feature of modernity. Series. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi. The postmodern condition. I. U of Minnesota Press, 1984 ... Lyotard may be one of the doyens of postmodernism but personally I found this irrelevant and tedious; if it had not been such a short work I would not have continued to the end. 2. Lyotard, Jean Fran ois. He also wrote The Postmodern Explained: Correspondence 1982-1985, Postmodern Fables, The Lyotard Reader, etc. Reading Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition today, it’s easier to see how much he got right, and why so much that was done in postmodernism’s name was an aberration. II. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1979. 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. BD162.L913 1984 001 83-14717 ISBN 0-8166-1166-1 ISBN 0-8166-1173-4 (pbk.) (Trans. Knowledge, Theory of. I have decided to use the word ‘postmodern’ to describe that condition. (Theory and history ofliterature; v. l 0) Translation of: La condition postmoderne. Lyotard’s subtitle, A Report on Knowledge, is key to understanding the nature of his exercise. Jean-François Lyotard. I. Access Free The Postmodern Condition A Report On Knowledge Jean Francois Lyotard The Postmodern Condition A Report On Knowledge Jean Francois Lyotard When people should go to the books stores, search establishment by shop, shelf by shelf, it is in reality problematic. and: It is therefore impossible to judge the existence or validity of narrative knowledge on the basis of scientific knowledge and vice versa: the relevant criteria are different. 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. 1984.) Title. Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 15.