"On the other hand, in a society whose……" — Jean-Francois Lyotard
"On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance."
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Jean-Francois Lyotard
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18 Quotes by Jean-Francois Lyotard
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Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives.
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What is required of a working hypothesis is a fine capacity for discrimination
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The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers
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What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge…
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One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and…
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Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making…
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Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to…
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If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of…
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He was too tough to experience disappointments and resentments - negative affections. In this nihilist fin de siècle, he was…
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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…
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A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations…
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Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse.
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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon…
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It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the…
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Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to…
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The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That…
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The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of…
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There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
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English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy…
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Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.
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Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But…
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Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to…
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If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing…
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