by Jean-François Lyotard · Ediciones Paidós Ibérica · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475095325
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In "¿Por qué filosofar?", Jean-François Lyotard presents an introduction to philosophizing through four lectures aimed at students. This text, which serves as an exploration of metaphilosophy, addresses central themes in Lyotard's work, such as desire and language, within a "philosophy of suspicion" that criticizes dominant ideologies. The author invites reflection on the nature of philosophical discourse and its relevance in the contemporary context. Includes an introduction by Jacobo Muñoz.
Jean-François Lyotard 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.
