Lyotard and the Inhuman Condition: Reflections on Nihilism, Information and Art

Argues for the pivotal importance of Lyotard in light of the emerging discipline of posthumanismAshley Woodward presents a series of studies to explain Lyotard's specific interventions in information theory, new media arts and the changing nature of the human. He assesses their relevance and im...

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Beteilige Person: Woodward, Ashley (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697250
Zusammenfassung:Argues for the pivotal importance of Lyotard in light of the emerging discipline of posthumanismAshley Woodward presents a series of studies to explain Lyotard's specific interventions in information theory, new media arts and the changing nature of the human. He assesses their relevance and impact in relation to a number of important contemporary thinkers including Bernard Stiegler, Luciano Floridi, Quentin Meillassoux and Paul Virilio.Jean-François Lyotard was one of the leading French philosophers of his generation, whose wide-ranging and highly original contributions to thought were overshadowed by his brief, unfortunate association with 'postmodernism.' Woodward demonstrates what a new generation of scholars are just discovering: that Lyotard's incisive work is essential for current debates in the humanities. Lyotard's ideas about the arts and the confrontations between humanist traditions and cutting-edge sciences and technologies are today known as 'posthumanism'
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
ISBN:9780748697250
DOI:10.1515/9780748697250