Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes on Time
Jean-Francois Lyotard was a 20th-century French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist, one of the leading figures of post-structuralism and a central exponent of postmodernism in philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Jean-Francois Lyotard on the topic of time, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Jean-Francois Lyotard:
“What does happen, when nothing happens to us?”
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“The moment knowledge ceases to be an end in itself—its realization of The Idea or the emancipation of men—it’s transmission is no longer the exclusive responsibility of scholars and students.”
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“Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter the postmodern age.”
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“What is new in all this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. And it does not look as though they will be replaced, at least not on their former scale.”
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge(1977) | p. 15