The Wellek Library Lectures for 1986 The Critical Theory Institute University of California, Irvine Presents a Lecture Series by Jean-Francois Lyotard Peregrinations: Law, Form, Event Clouds Touches Gaps Published:Peregrinations: Law, Form, Event. The Wellek Library Lectures at the University of California Irvine. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. Copyright University of California, ...

J. F. Lyotard, postmodernism, humanities, French philosophy, critical theory, art, literary theory, History ...

Pagan Discussion of Lyotard's concept of the pagan. Obligation Discussion of Lyotard's importation of Levinas's idea of ethical obligation. Performance Discussion of performativity. Tradition Discussion of the relation of performance to tradition. Comedy Comedy in a postmodern context: Oscar Wilde and Tom Stoppard. Commentary Responses to discussions. Abstracts Abstracts of term projects on ...

Books about Jean-Francois Lyotard Compiled by Eddie Yeghiayan Aretoulakis, Emmanouil S. The Unpresentable in Critical Thought: The Case of Lyotard and Lacan. M.A. Thesis, Illinois State University, 1996. Art and Philosophy: Baudrillard, Gadamer, Jameson, Kristeva, Lyotard, Marin, Perniola, Sloterdijk, Sollers, Virilio, West. New Critucism, 2. Milan: Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1991. Bennington, ...