ABSTRACT

The work of Jean-Francois Lyotard signals the return of judgement to the centre of philosophical concerns. This collection of papers is the first devoted to his work and provides an estimation and critique of his writings, and included Lyotard's important essay on Sensus Communis.

chapter |25 pages

Sensus Communis 1

chapter |17 pages

Lyotard and the Problem of Justice

chapter |38 pages

On the Critical ‘Post'

Lyotard's Agitated Judgement

chapter |18 pages

The Modern Democratic Revolution

Reflections on Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition

chapter |20 pages

Habermas vs Lyotard

Modernity vs Postmodernity?

chapter |23 pages

‘Ces Petits Différends'

Lyotard and Horace

chapter |24 pages

Pagans, Perverts or Primitives?

Experimental Justice in the Empire of Capital