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Jean-Francois Lyotard, the highly influential twentieth-century philosopher of the postmodern, has had an enormous impact on the course and commitment of contemporary philosophy. Lyotard: Philosophy, Politics, and the Sublime is a thoroughgoing reassessment of his extraordinary legacy and contribution to contemporary cultural, political, ethical, and aesthetic theory and an indispensable guide to key issues in his philosophy. Fifteen distinguished scholars have contributed new, original essays examining the main themes in Lyotard's work with a focus on the special intersetions of philosophy, psycholanalysis, politics and the experience of the sublime in art. The volume includes an up-to-date bibliography of works by and about Lyotard, previously unpublished photographs of Lyotard and an incisive essay by Lyotard himself on the philosophical significance of Freud's case of Emma. Gary E. Aylesworth, Debra B. Bergoffen, Richard Brons, Fred Evans, Thomas R. Flynn, Wayne Froman, Shaun Gallagher, James Hatley, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michael Naas, Stephen David Ross, Hugh J. Silver

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'A valuable and timely assessment ... an engaging reading experience.' - Critical and Cultural Theory

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Hugh J. Silverman is Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University. He is also Executive Director of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature as well as Chief Editor of Routledge's Continental Philosophy series.

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