{"product_id":"9781350167353","title":"Readings in Infancy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReadings in Infancy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJean-Francois Lyotard | Robert Harvey | Kiff Bamford\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nobody knows how to write'. Thus opens this carefully nuanced and accessible collection of essays by one of the most important writer-philosophers of the 20th century, Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998). First published in French in 1991 as \u003ci\u003eLectures d'enfance\u003c\/i\u003e, these essays have never been printed as a collection in English. In them, Lyotard investigates his idea of infantia, or the infancy of thought that resists all forms of development, either human or technological.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach essay responds to works by writers and thinkers who are central to cultural modernism, such as James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Sigmund Freud. This volume – with a new introduction and afterword by Robert Harvey and Kiff Bamford – contextualises Lyotard's thought and demonstrates his continued relevance today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-François Lyotard \u003c\/b\u003e(1924-98) was a   French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary   interests included epistemology, communication, modern art, postmodern art,   literature, critical theory, the sublime, and the relationship between   aesthetics and politics. He was also a director of the International College   of Philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor   at Stony Brook University, USA. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eSharing Common Ground: A Space for Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2017) and \u003ci\u003eWitnessness: Beckett, Levi, Dante and the   Foundations of Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (Continuum, 2010). From 2001 until 2007, Harvey was   a programme director at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiff Bamford\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Contemporary   Art in the School of Art, Architecture and Design at Leeds Beckett   University, UK. He is also an artist and lecturer and the author of \u003ci\u003eLyotard and the 'Figural' in Performance,   Art and Writing \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury 2012), \u003ci\u003eJean-François   Lyotard: Critical Lives\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and editor of \u003ci\u003eJean-François Lyotard: The Interviews and Debates\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury,   2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 February 2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350167353\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e184\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53973875687564,"sku":"9781350167353","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6105652a-e991-491d-825c-150f4d00146f.jpg?v=1787713462","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350167353","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}