Readings in Infancy

By Jean-François Lyotard

Book Overview

'Nobody knows how to write'. Thus opens this carefully nuanced and accessible collection of essays by one the most important philosophers of the 20th century, Jean-Fran ois Lyotard (1924-1998). First published as Lectures d'enfance, investigating Lyotard's idea of infantia, or, the infancy of thought that resists all forms of development, here these essays are published together in English for the first time.

Each essay responds to works by writers and thinkers who are central to cultural modernism, such as James Joyce; Franz Kafka; Hannah Arendt; Jean-Paul Sartre; and Sigmund Freud. Although published between 1986 and 1991 in several different English publications, the pieces are no longer in print and have been given scant critical attention as a cohesive body of thought. This volume - with a new introduction and afterword by Robert Harvey and Kiff Bamford - contextualises Lyotard's thought and demonstrates his continued relevance today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350167347
• ISBN13: 9781350167346
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages