Why Philosophize? is a series of lectures given by Jean-FranÃ§ois Lyotard to students at the Sorbonne embarking on their university studies. The circumstances obliged him to be both clear

Why Philosophize?

Why Philosophize? is a series of lectures given by Jean-FranÃ§ois Lyotard to students at the Sorbonne embarking on their university studies. The circumstances obliged him to be both clear and concise: at the same time, his lectures offer a profound and far-reaching meditation on how essential it is to philosophize in a world where philosophy often seems irrelevant, outdated, or inconclusive.

Lyotard begins by drawing on Plato, Proust and Lacan to show that philosophy is a never-ending desire - for wisdom, for the â€˜otherâ€™. In the second lecture he draws on Heraclitus and Hegel to explore the close relation between philosophy and history: the same restlessness, the same longing for a precarious unity, drives both. In his third lecture, Lyotard examines how philosophy is a form of utterance, both communicative and indirect. Finally, he turns to Marx, exploring the extent to which philosophy can be a transformative action within the world.

These wonderfully accessible lectures by one of the most influential philosophers of the last 50 years will attract a wide readership, since, as Lyotard says, â€˜How can one not philosophize?â€™ They are also an excellent introduction to Lyotardâ€™s mature thought, with its emphasis on the need for philosophy to bear witness, however obliquely, to a recalcitrant reality.
Country USA
Brand Wiley
Manufacturer Polity
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780745670737
ReleaseDate 2013-09-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780745670737

Country	USA
Brand	Wiley
Manufacturer	Polity
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780745670737
ReleaseDate	2013-09-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780745670737

Why Philosophize?

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