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Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge

by Jean-Francois Lyotard

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In this book it explores science and technology, makes connections between these epistemic, cultural, and political trends, and develops profound insights into the nature of our postmodernity.
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ISBN:
9780816611737
Translator:
Massumi, Brian
Designed:
Jameson, Frederic
Translator:
Massumi, Brian
Author:
Lyotard, Jean-Francois
Author:
Jameson, Frederic
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Location:
Minneapolis :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Civilization, Modern
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
History & Criticism *
Subject:
Questions & Answers
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Knowledge, theory of
Subject:
Postmodernism
Subject:
History & Surveys - Modern
Copyright:
1984
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
Theory & History of Literature
Series Volume:
0010
Publication Date:
July 1985
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
110
Dimensions:
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