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> [Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age.](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/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contemporary-general-culture-one/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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