THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE: THE POSTMODERN PERSPCETIVE OF LYOTARD

This paper demonstrates Jean-Francois Lyotard's theory of knowledge in postmodern societies. Lyotard explores the nature knowledge, including how it is generated, structured, and used contemporary society. He questions who has access to utilized, controls it, influences our lives perceptions world. rejects meta-narrative theories that posit as serving universal human goals instead argues societies primarily organized terms efficiency, profitability, commodity, power. Furthermore, he contends nations with most advanced technology, communications, information are powerful. equates state systems domination undermine understanding truth, value, justice. Finally, experiencing a reduction efficiency dehumanizing culture due emergence machine-led computer-controlled systems.