Lyotard and the End of Grand Narratives

Lyotard and the End of Grand Narratives PDF Author: Gary K. Browning
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Book Description
Lyotard's work challenges the presumption and orientation of modern political philosophy. In particular, he repudiates attempts to justify knowledge and society in terms of "grand" narratives of, for example, the liberation of mankind or the immanence of science. He argues that the totalising perspective of these meta-narratives is superseded by a post-modern acceptance of difference and variety and a scepticism towards unifying meta-theories.