Modesty and asceticism were an inevitable consequence of social equality. Jeanfrancois lyotard s postmodernism and the contemporary world. He suggests that structured, abstract conceptual thought has dominated philosophy since plato, denigrating sensual experience. Jeanfrancois lyotard and the figural, part two art history. To mark this event, we are pleased to publish here an extract from the book, along with. Born in 1926 in verslise in france, philosopher by profession he is among those who. What is unjust, lyotard avers, occurs if the pragmatics of obligation, that is, the possibility of continuing to play the game of the just, were excluded. Lyotard argues that because rational thought is discursive and works of art are inherently opaque. Penekanan utama karya ini adalah kritik terhadap strukturalisme, dan manifestasinya dalam psychoanalysisnya lacan. Discourse, figure represents an early transition in lyotards eclectic philosophical development. The second part of the discussion of discourse, figure will take up the role of art as the figural. Lyotards work continues to be important in politics, philosophy, sociology, literature, art, and cultural studies.
Lyotard, jeanfrancois internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Jean francois lyotard 19421998 universitas indonesia. Affects are structured and interpreted in systems made up of dispositifslibidinal dispositions or setups, and society is composed of multitudes of different dispositions that compete to exploit the energies of lyotars events. The opposition between discourse and figure is deconstructed, however, since to maintain it as an opposition would be to remain within the logic of discourse and to retain discourse as gamung. Lyotard argues that because rational thought is discursive and works of art are inherently. Lyotard, in his book discours, figure, uses vision as one way into the figure discourse difference. Stevenson national taiwan normal university abstract here i argue that, rather than asking about the possible role of literature in our age of globalization, one could also ask about the possible meaning of. Lyotard uses the metaphors of flatness and depth to refer to discourse and figure, respectively. Pdf the event of sense in lyotards discours, figure. Considered one of his four books by lyotard, discours, figure. Jeanfrancois lyotard is recognized as one of the most significant french philosophers of the twentieth century. On 21 april 1998, jeanfrancois lyotard succumbed to an aggressive form of. He proceeds to deconstruct this opposition, however, and attempts to show that discourse and figure are mutually implicated.
Discourse, figure by jeanfrancois lyotard overdrive. The opposition between discourse and figure is deconstructed, however, since to maintain it as an opposition would be to remain within the logic of discourse and to retain discourse as primary. Lyotard tries to show inhuan limit of the humanistic ideal by imagining a sciencefictionlike scenario in which, in 4. Jeanfrancois lyotards figural is read in relation to discourse. Schrift described the book as lyotards first major work. Lydon, university of minnesota press, minneapolis, 2011.
Atiners conference paper series atiner started to publish this conference papers series in 2012. Click download or read online button to get lyotard and the figural in performance art and writing book now. Discourse, figure by jeanfrancois lyotard, paperback. Jean francois lyotard the differend phrases in dispute. Pdf on mar 8, 2019, roger mckeon and others published making sense out of meaning. Discourse, figure cultural critique books jeanfrancois. Review essayessai critique dicourse, figure, forty years on jeanfrancois lyotard, discourse, figure. Schrift described the book as lyotard s first major work. Although nearly all of his major writing has been translated into english, one important work has until now been unavailable. The figural introduces in aesthetics a sense of cultivating those moments of intensity that resist and escape all regulating power, be it linguistic discourse or the order of the conscious or political constraints. What is remarkable about discourse, figure is how lyotard takes three separate strands of intellectual enquiry. Review of discourse figure by jeanfrancois lyotard.
Lyotard and the figural in performance art and writing. Discourse, figure was published in 1972 at about the same time as we were engaged in what became an jeanfrancois lyotard, discourse, figure, trans. He reconfigures the opposition and indeed subjugation of peripheral to focal vision into a difference in which one does not efface the other through its own ontology, its own world view. And what if, just maybe, this is the first time moneys ever become important for artists. Discourse, figure jeanfrancois lyotard, antony hudek, mary.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget. He argued that, because rational thought or judgment is discursive and works of art are inherently symbolic, certain. If you have found this material useful, please give credit to. Pdf one of the dominant themes structuring the trajectory of jeanfrancois lyotards philosophical work is his concern to think the event in a. The question of the representability of events that concerns lyotard. What is remarkable about discourse, figure is how lyotard takes three separate strands of intellectual enquiry 1 philosophy, in particular phenomenology, 2 structuralist linguistics and poetics and 3 aspects of freudian. A report on knowledge is the major contribution to the postmodernism. A comment on a comma in the title of jeanfrancois lyotards discourse, figure, philosophy of photography, vol. Discours, figure is a 1971 book by the french philosopher jeanfrancois lyotard. In discourse, figurelyotard differentiates discourse, that is, the written text investigated by semiotics and structuralism, and the figural, that is, the visual, which he discusses through the phenomenology luotard merleauponty. Discourse, figures goal is to signify the other of signification 2011, emphasis his. What is at stake in the genre of comedy, for example, is to be humorous, to make people laugh. Discourse, figure captures lyotards passionate engagement with topics beyond phenomenology and psychoanalysis to structuralism, semiotics, poetry, art, and. Provoked in part by lacans influential seminars in paris, discourse, figure distinguishes between the meaningfulness of linguistic signs and the meaningfulness of plastic arts such as painting and sculpture.
Aug 03, 2019 discourse, figure lyotards second book of philosophy is long and difficult. This volume traces the topic of affect across lyotard s corpus and accounts for lyotard s crucial and original contribution to the thinking of affect. Now available in english, discourse, figure is jeanfrancois lyotards thesis. Now available in english, discourse, figure is jeanfrancois lyotard s thesis. Lyotard begins with an opposition between discourse, related to structuralism and written text, and figure a visual image, related to phenomenology and seeing. As in discourse, figureit is not that one form of the inhuman exists without the other. Philosophy guides understanding in moral judgments, rational discourse, and perspectives routed in knowledge and. According to the philosopher iain hamilton grant, lyotard regarded it as one of his key works, alongside libidinal economy 1974 and the differend 1983. Critical discourse analysis cda is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse that views language as a form of social practice discourse figure pdf.
And yet it has acquired a certain authority in the field of cultural studies, attracting enthusiasts who are willing to make significant claims on its behalf. In addition to prefiguring many of lyotard s later concerns, discourse, figure captures lyotard s passionate engagement with topics beyond phenomenology and psychoanalysis to structuralism, semiotics, poetry, art, and the philosophy of language. As a youth, lyotard considered becoming a monk, a painter, and a historian. Indeed what attracts lyotard specifically to psychoanalysis at this point in his career is freuds undia. Lyotard argues that because rational thought is discursive and works of art are inherently opaque signs, certain aspects of artistic meaning such. Aug 28, 2019 the opposition between discourse and figure is deconstructed, however, since to maintain it as an opposition would be to remain within the logic of discourse and to retain discourse as gamung. It includes only the papers submitted for publication after they were presented at one of the conferences organized by our institute every year. Parrhesia number 12 2011 4151 a return to jeanfrancois lyotards discourse, figure guy callan and james williams why discourse, figure now. Veduta in 1971, in the wake of jacques derridas 1966 presentation structure, sign, and play in the discourse of the human sciences at johns hopkins university, the deconstruction of structuralism was well under way. Lyotard between philosophy and art paper to be given at the conference french philosophy and contemporary art at the center for body, mind and culture, boca raton, florida, dec. Highlighting the importance of affect in lyotard s philosophy, this work offers a unique contribution to both affect theory and the reception of lyotard. Discourse, figure lyotard s second book of philosophy is long and difficult. Lyotard introduces a distinction between opposition and difference to account for the differing ways in which the discursive and the figural function. Lyotard says that it is signalled by the difficulty of linking lyoyard from one phrase to another.
But the issue is that lyotard in discours, figure, as well as in works. Pdf in distinctive ways, lyotard and heidegger enable one to understand the unusual interplay between texts and images, or language and iconography. Discourse, figure cultural critique books pdf free download. Lyotard s earliest major work, available in english for the first timenow in paperback. For nearly three decades, several of the french philosophers known as postmod. It is perhaps misleading of lyotard to say that paganism is judgement without criteria. Lyotard allots to the philosopher the role of making the differend real. Figural aesthetics cultural politics duke university press. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. A return to jeanfrancois lyotards discourse, figure guy. Postmodern science, however, does not function according to a legitimation by performativity precisely because it undermines determinism. The proceedings were published by puf in 2001 under the general title jeanfrancois lyotard, lexercice du differend. Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture. Also by jeanfranois lyotard published by the university of minnesota press the dijfirend.
Dec 30, 2017 rubinstein, d 20, discourse in a coma. Habermas, lyotard and political discourse 1 paul fairfield, mcmaster university the debate over political modernity has in recent years been given fresh impetus in the form of an exchange between jean franqois lyotard and jiirgen habermas concerning the nature and legitimation of political discourse. Affects are structured and interpreted in systems made up of dispositifslibidinal dispositions or setups, and society is composed of multitudes of different dispositions that. When lyotard first mentions the differend he does so using auschwitz a s an example. Lyotard, capitalism and the sublime right now the world is different from every other time theres ever been.
237 209 695 316 677 951 144 17 329 222 630 360 398 1051 380 24 424 1504 741 1029 1478 937 1007 467 913 1034 1474 1214 582 1412 738 620 890 46 172 1335 642 451 143 267 1016 1418 1473 687 1078