Summary
Jean-Francois Lyotard: The Postmodern State: A Report on Knowledge
Today, a quarter of a century after the Postmodern State, we can say that this book is one of the most important works of philosophical-theoretical provenance that deals with the thematization of the cultural-sociological, and then the philosophical phenomenon called "postmodern". At least a hundred relevant publications have been written about the importance of this term and this writing in the last twenty years since the creation of the work, and it is not an exaggeration to say, thousands of less important ones as well. The subject this book deals with is of epoch-making significance for the theoretical reflection of the world we live in.
In the era of universal globalization, foreshadowed by the state described in the report on the status of knowledge in contemporary civilization, Lyotard's writing is of permanent relevance for the social-humanistic, but also for the natural-scientific understanding of the world we live in.
Compared to other works on the same or related subject, he occupies an initial, almost pioneering role in setting up previous cultural studies. and artistic considerations about Postmodernism to the level of philosophical reflection.
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