In the introduction to The Inhuman Lyotard formulates his central problem about ‘inhumanity’: “[W]hat if human beings . . . were in the process of, constrained into, becoming inhuman (that’s the first part)? And (the second part), what if what is ‘proper’ to humankind were to be inhabited by the inhuman?”1 The first part of his problem deals with ‘development’, ie with “advanced capitalism, wit...

Postmodern technocrats seem to want to isolate themselves from all prior philosophical perspectives. To the postmodernist, there exists no absolute truth. The postmodernist believes that corruption is the dogma of the day and they offer no auspicious future. Although it may be accurate to portray the world existing in inequity and disproportionate states, prevailing protocols still guide behavi...

Vilar, Gerard (2021)Jean-François Lyotard: Estética y políticaBarcelona: Gedisa, 160 p.ISBN 9788418525896