TY - BOOK AU - Crome, Keith, ed. AU - Williams, James, ed. TI - The Lyotard reader and guide SN - 9780748620579 U1 - 320.5322 PY - 2006/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Jean-Francois Lyotard KW - Criticism and interpretation N1 - I. Philosophy -- 1. Taking the side of the figural -- 2. The great ephemeral skin -- 3. Presentation -- 4. The postmodern condition, chapters 10-12 -- 5. The affect-phrase -- II. Literature -- 6. Answering the question : what is postmodernism? -- 7. Return upon the return -- 8. Soundproof room, chapters 4-6 -- 9. Sendings -- III. Politics -- 10. The state and politics in the France of 1960 -- 11. A short libidinal economy of a narrative set-up : the Renault Corporation relates the death of Pierre Overney -- 12. A memorial of Marxism : for Pierre Souyri -- 13. The communication of sublime feeling -- 14. Time today -- IV. Art -- 15. The connivances of desire with the figural -- 16. Painting as a libidinal set-up (genre : improvised speech) -- 17. Newman : the instant -- 18. On what is 'art' ER -