Rereading Jean-François Lyotard : Essays on His Later Works

What does Lyotard's thought offer contemporary theory? By focusing on key concepts and themes from his later texts, such as affect, aesthetics, Andre Malraux, St Paul, nihilism, infancy, space and writing, Rereading Jean-François Lyotard: Essays on His Later Works explores the impact and relevance of Lyotard's largely undiscussed late philosophical works for contemporary theoretical debates. In his works produced from 1990 until his death in 1998, Lyotard addresses a number of themes that both revisit and move beyond those from his earlier work. These include: art and aesthetics; affect; ethics and politics; modernity and the subject. Despite designating these texts as part of a 'late period', the chapters do not exclude a wider engagement with Lyotard's thought and often seek to engage in connections, resonances and developments across his many texts. Each chapter within this book places Lyotard as a figure with much to offer current theoretical debates, reasserts Lyotard as an important thinker for developments in social thought, and draws out the many links between his philosophical work and broader social questions. This is the first work in English to focus on Lyotard's later writings and will therefore be a key text to all scholars of his ideas. Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 Preface by Heidi Bickis and Rob Shields......Page 10 Notes on Contributors......Page 12 1. New and Late Encounters: An Introduction by Heidi Bickis......Page 16 2. The Affective Economy of the Lyotardian Archive by Antony Hudek......Page 26 3. Lyotard’s St Paul by Matthew Pateman......Page 40 4. Anthro-paralogy: Antihumanism in Lyotard’s Late Works by Matthew R. McLennan......Page 58 5. The Weight of Writing: Lyotard’s Anti-Aesthetic in ‘À l’écrit bâté’ by Stephen Barker......Page 70 6. Presentation to ‘À l’écrit bâté’ Lettre perpétuel – Perpetual Letter by Dolorès Lyotard......Page 84 7. ‘To Burdened Writing’ [À l’écrit bâté] by Jean-François Lyotard......Page 88 8. A Late Performance: .Intimate Distance (Yingmei Duan) by Kiff Bamford......Page 96 9. Can Sustainability be Domesticated? by Margret Grebowicz......Page 112 10. Oblique Views and Heterodox Spaces: Le Corbusier’s Conventus by Rob Shields......Page 122 11. Lyotard and Irigaray on Eros, Infancy and Birth: the Dissymmetrical Horizons of Being Between by Rachel Jones......Page 134 12. The Politics of Creation: Lyotard, Castoriadis and Malraux by Neal Curtis......Page 152 13. Voicing Nihilism: Lyotard on Malraux by Keith Crome......Page 170 14 Testimony and the Affect-Phrase by Ashley Woodward......Page 184 15 Lyotard’s ‘Critical’ ‘Aesthetics’ by Peter W. Milne......Page 204 Bibliography......Page 224 Index......Page 234 New And Late Encounters : An Introduction / Heidi Bickis -- The Affective Economy Of The Lyotardian Archive / Antony Hudek -- Lyotard's St Paul / Matthew Pateman -- Anthro-paralogy : Anithumanism In Lyotard's Late Works / Matthew R. Mclennan -- The Weight Of Writing : Lyotard's Anti-aesthetic In 'À L'écrit Bâté' Lettre Perpétuel-perpetual Letter / Dolorés Lyotard, Translated By Rob Shields -- 'to Burdened Writing' [À L'écrit Bâté] / Jean-françois Lyotard, Translated By Stephen Barker From Misère De La Philosophie (2000a) -- A Late Performance : Intimate Distance (yingmei Duan) / Kiff Bamford -- Can Sustainability Be Domesticated? / Margret Grebowicz -- Oblique Views And Heterodox Spaces : Le Corbusier's Conventus / Rob Shields -- Lyotard And Irigaray On Eros, Infancy And Birth : The Dissymmectrical Horizons Of Being Between / Rachel Jones -- The Politics Of Creation : Lyotard, Castoriadis And Malraux / Neal Curtis -- Voicing Nihilism : Lyotard On Malraux / Keith Crome -- Testimony And The Affect-phrase / Ashley Woodward -- Lyotard's 'critical' 'aesthetics' / Peter W. Milne. Edited]by Heidi Bickis And Rob Shields. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [209]-217) And Index. By focusing on key concepts and themes from his later texts, such as affect, aesthetics, Andre Malraux, St Paul, nihilism, infancy, space and writing, Rereading Jean-François Lyotard: Essays on His Later Works explores the impact and relevance of Lyotard's largely undiscussed late philosophical works for contemporary theoretical debates. Each chapter within this book places Lyotard as a figure with much to offer current theoretical debates, reasserts Lyotard as an important thinker for developments in social thought, and draws out the many links between his philosophical work and broader socia What does Lyotard's thought offer contemporary theory? By focusing on key concepts and themes from his later texts, such as affect, aesthetics, confession and biography, this book explores the impact and relevance of Lyotard's largely undiscussed late philosophical works for contemporary theoretical debates.