The Differend

The Differend: Phrases in Dispute (French: Le Différend) is a 1983 book by the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard.

The Differend: Phrases in Dispute
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJean-François Lyotard
Original titleLe Différend
TranslatorGeorges Van Den Abbeele
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SubjectsEthics, aesthetics
Published
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages232 (1988 University of Minnesota Press edition)
ISBN978-0816616114

Reception

The Differend is considered, including by Lyotard himself, to be Lyotard's most important work. It has been seen as providing the theoretical basis for much of his later work.[1][2]

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See also

References

  1. Malpas 1993, p. 134.
  2. Schrift 2017, p. 619.

Bibliography

Books
  • Malpas, Simon (1993). Jean-François Lyotard. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25615-1.
  • Schrift, Alan D. (2017). "Lyotard, Jean-François". In Audi, Robert (ed.). The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-64379-6.
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