The revolutionary French thinker Jean-François Lyotard indicates in many of his writings that one of the most significant philosophical problems is the problem of gender. In spite of this, feminist thinkers in both the continental and Anglo-American traditions have largely ignored his work, perhaps because his approach to the question of gender is unsystematic, fluid, and difficult. This volume attempts to situate the central concerns of contemporary feminist theory—aesthetics, embodiment, performance, sexual difference, ethics, testimony—within Lyotard's writings, to show that these concerns have always been there. Contributors discuss film theory, body modification, feminist critiques of science, postholocaust art, the feminine sublime, and theater. As a whole, the book serves as a robust meditation on the nature of "the political" as understood by Lyotard, and demonstrates the many different ways in which feminist concerns are taken up in discussions regarding the nature of the political in contemporary continental thought. An afterword by James Williams—one of the world's leading Lyotard commentators—is included.
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Examines Lyotard’s writings in light of contemporary feminist theory.
1. Introduction: After Lyotard Margret Grebowicz I. The Human 2. On Promising and Destructive Monsters: Reading Lyotard’s “She” Margret Grebowicz and Emily Zakin 3. I Ain’t Got No Body: Lyotard and Le Genre of Posthumanism Neil Badmington II. The Body 4. Incisive Bodies: Lolo, Lyotard, and the Exorbitant Law of Listening to the Inaudible Nikki Sullivan 5. Lyotard’s Writing the Body: A Feminist Approach? Charmaine Coyle III. The Eye-Mind 6. Scenes From a Marriage: Lyotard, Pinter, and the Theater of Gender Kellie Bean 7. Lyotard, Chadwick, and the Logic of Dissimulation Rachel Jones IV. The Psyche 8. Lyotard and Eurydice: The Anamnesis of the Feminine Dorota Glowacka 9. “The Film-Work Does Not Think”: Refiguring Fantasy for Feminist Film Theory Theresa Geller V. The Sublime 10. “Nourished . . . on the Irremediable Differend of Gender”: Lyotard’s Sublime Joanna Zylinska 11. Differend, Sexual Difference, and the Sublime: Lyotard, Irigaray, Duras Andrew Slade VI. Dissensus and Division 12. Feminist Science Studies after Lyotard: Dissensus, Knowledge, and Responsibility Margret Grebowicz 13. Lyotard, the Colonial Condition, and Gender Rada Ivekovic Afterword    On Mobled Power James Williams Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index
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"Ranging from politics to epistemology, from the theories of embodiment and aesthetics to colonialism, Gender after Lyotard stages a much-needed feminist engagement with diverse aspects of Lyotard's work. I am especially impressed by the comprehensive scope of this well-thought-out volume: it makes an important contribution to feminist theory and Lyotard studies alike." — Ewa PÂonowska Ziarek, author of An Ethics of Dissensus: Postmodernity, Feminism, and the Politics of Radical Democracy"Marked by sensitivity to what Lyotard was about, this collection is the first to address Lyotard and gender." — Dawne McCance, author of Medusa's Ear: University Foundings from Kant to Chora L
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ISBN
9780791469569
Publisert
2007-01-04
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Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248

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Margret Grebowicz is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Goucher College and the coeditor (with Valerie Kinloch) of Still Seeking an Attitude: Critical Reflections on the Work of June Jordan.