The postmodern condition : a report on knowledge /
by Lyotard, Jean-François [author]; Lyotard, Jean François.
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BookDescription: xxv, 110 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0719014506 (pbk); 0719014549 (cased); 9780719014505; 9780719014543.Subject(s): Knowledge, Sociology of | Knowledge, Theory of | Learning and scholarship | Postmodernism | Knowledge | Civilization, Modern -- 20th centurySubject: "Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In 'The postmodern condition' Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the western world."--MUP.
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Main library | Non-fiction | TH LYO 1984 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | Donated by F H Faulding & Co | 2014-1637 |
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Translation of: La condition postmoderne.
Includes bibliographical notes and index.
"Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In 'The postmodern condition' Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the western world."--MUP.
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