Jean-François Lyotard |
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| Born | (1924-08-10)10 August 1924
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| Died | 21 April 1998(1998-04-21) (aged 73)
Paris, France |
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| Other names | "François Laborde" |
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| Spouse(s) | Andrée May
Dolores Djidzek |
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| Children | 3 |
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| Education | University of Paris (B.A., M.A.)
University of Paris X (DrE, 1971) |
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| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
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| Region | Western philosophy |
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| School | Continental philosophy
Phenomenology (early)
Post-Marxism (late)
Postmodernism (late) |
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| Institutions | Lycée d'Aumale (1950–52)
Prytanée National Militaire (1952–59)
University of Paris (1959–66)
University of Paris X (1967–72)
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (1968–70)
University of Paris VIII (1972–87)
Collège International de Philosophie (1984–86)
Johns Hopkins University
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Berkeley
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
University of California, Irvine (1987–94)
Emory University (1994–98)
European Graduate School |
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| Main interests | Epistemology, sociology, political philosophy, aesthetics |
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| Notable ideas | The "postmodern condition", collapse of the "grand narrative", libidinal economy |
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Jean-François Lyotard (; French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ljɔtaʁ]; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and postmodern art, literature and critical theory, music, film, time and memory, space, the city and landscape, the sublime, and the relation between aesthetics and politics. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. Lyotard was a key personality in contemporary continental philosophy and authored 26 books and many articles. He was a director of the International College of Philosophy founded by Jacques Derrida, François Châtelet, Jean-Pierre Faye, and Dominique Lecourt.