The Differend
The Differend: Phrases in Dispute (French: Le Différend) is a 1983 book by the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard.
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Author | Jean-François Lyotard |
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Original title | Le Différend |
Translator | Georges Van Den Abbeele |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Subjects | Ethics, aesthetics |
Published |
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Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 232 (1988 University of Minnesota Press edition) |
ISBN | 978-0816616114 |
Reception
The Differend is considered, including by Lyotard himself, to be Lyotard's most important work. It has been seen as providing the theoretical basis for much of his later work.[1][2]
Translations
- Lyotard, Jean-François (1988). The Differend: Phrases in Dispute. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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See also
References
- Malpas 1993, p. 134.
- Schrift 2017, p. 619.
Bibliography
- Books
- Malpas, Simon (1993). Jean-François Lyotard. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25615-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Schrift, Alan D. (2017). "Lyotard, Jean-François". In Audi, Robert (ed.). The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-64379-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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