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> [Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and retro clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contemporary-general-culture-one/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

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## More by Jean-Francois Lyotard

> [Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-status-of-knowledge-is-altered-as/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [“Saddam Hussein is a product of Western departments of state and big companies, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco were born of the 'peace'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/saddam-hussein-is-a-product-of-western-departments-of-state-and-big/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/and-today-more-than-ever-knowing-about-that-society-involves-first-of/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/what-guides-marxism-then-is-a-different-model-of-society-and-a/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [One knows that frontal and/or profile photography is torn to pieces... Inversely, what remains of the photograph must be seen as a fragment coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/one-knows-that-frontal-and-or-profile-photography-is-torn-to-pieces/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/a-self-does-not-amount-to-much-but-no-self-is-an-island-each-exists/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/one-can-decide-that-the-principal-role-of-knowledge-is-as-an/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/if-we-wish-to-discuss-knowledge-in-the-most-highly-developed/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/scientific-knowledge-is-a-kind-of-discourse/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/simplifying-to-the-extreme-i-define-postmodern-as-incredulity-toward/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [He was too tough to experience disappointments and resentments - negative affections. In this nihilist fin de siècle, he was affirmation. Right through to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/he-was-too-tough-to-experience-disappointments-and-resentments/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contemporary-general-culture-one/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [Even now it is no longer composed of the traditional political class, but of a composite layer of corporate leaders, high-level administrators, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/even-now-it-is-no-longer-composed-of-the-traditional-political-class/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/knowledge-is-and-will-be-produced-in-order-to-be-sold-it-is-and-will/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

> [It is our business not to supply reality but to invent allusions to the conceivable which cannot be presented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/it-is-our-business-not-to-supply-reality-but-to-invent-allusions-to/)

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