Libidinal Economy

Lyotard, Jean-Francois; Translated by Iain Hamilton Grant

ISBN 10: 0253336147 / ISBN 13: 9780253336149

Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1993

About this Item

First Printing (full # lines) in dust jacket AS NEW, no remainder or other markings, binding tight pages bright, jacket sharp & without chip, nick or tear - an exemplary unread First Printing of the original hardcover English translation of this early signal work of Lyotard's, quite scarce as such (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; (xxxiv) 275pp indexed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Libidinal Economy
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253336147
• ISBN 13: 9780253336149
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology

About this title

Synopsis

This is a philosophical development of the Freudian concept of 'libidinal economy' and one of Lyotard's most important works. In part a response to Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus, it can also be seen as culminating a line of modern thought ranging from de Sade, Nietzsche and Batialle, to Deleuze, Klossowski, Irigaray and Cixous. It is thus important in the context of modern French philosophy, and also in its relevance to contemporary thinking on a broad range of questions, including sexual politics, semiotics and literary studies. --- from book's dustjacket

About the Author

Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998) was Professor of Philosophy at several institutes of higher learning in Paris and at the University of California. A member of the radical group Socialisme ou Barbarie, he later went on to become one of the founding figures of postmodernism with his work The Postmodern Condition.