A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before.
Jean Francois Lyotard Quotes
On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance.
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| Birth: | 10th August, 1924 |
| Death: | 21st April, 1998 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Philosopher |
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Jean Francois Lyotard was born in Versailles, France. He was a French philosopher. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. He was co-founder of the International College of Philosophy with Jacques Derrida, François Châtelet, and Gilles Deleuze. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne in the late 1940s. In 1971, he earned a State doctorate with his dissertation Discours, figure under Mikel Dufrenne- the work was published the same year. He taught at the Lycée of Constantine, Algeria from 1950 to 1952. He served as a professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris, VIII. He served as a professor of Critical Theory at the University of California at Irvine, and professor of French and Philosophy at Emory University. He wrote several books include: Discourse, Figure, Libidinal Economy, The Postmodern Condition, The Differend: Phrases in Dispute, Phenomenology, Pacific Wall, The inhuman, The hyphen, Toward the postmodern, The Lyotard reader, The confession of Augustine, Why Philosophize?, and Enthusiasm.
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