
About this book
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 uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world. Lyotard emphasized language; the world of postmodern knowledge can be represented as a game of language where speaking is participation in the game whose goal is the creation of new and ever-changing social linkages.
Subjects
Modern CivilizationPostmodernismTheory of KnowledgeLearning and scholarshipKnowledge, Theory of.Connaissance, Théorie de laKennisCultuurCivilisationKnowledge, theory ofCivilization, modern, 20th centuryArtPhilosophyAestheticsCivilization, modernCivilization, modern--20th centuryBd162 .l913 1984Modern PhilosophyPostmodernism (Literature)Culture