Postmodernism, Knowledge and J-F Lyotard
Posted by Farhang Erfani on 21st January 2007
By Ben Dorfman
This paper is an adaptation of a lecture delivered in seminar for the Department of Communication at Aalborg University on postmodernism and knowledge. Its focus is the status of knowledge in postmodern society and culture as framed by J-F Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition and The Postmodern Explained. It emphasizes the ideas of "computerization" and "information society" against the backdrop of postmodern concepts of the cultural quotation. Futhermore - after offering a general introduction to the idea of postmodernism - it attempts to explore the political implications of the interaction of quotation, computerization and information as well as offer a criticism of Lyotard's general approach to these concepts.
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