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ENG 640 2: From the Modern to the Postmodern; Lyotard, Bill Readings, and Richard Lanham

Posted on January 18, 2023 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Review Week One Discuss the Readings (Questions, Ideas, Passages) Break Vote / Discussion on Week 15 and 16 books On the Dangers of kNOwing / Becoming Brave Enough to Be Strong Prepping Heidegger Reviewing Last Week We began … Continue reading →

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Contemporary Rhetoric 2014 Week Two

Posted on January 14, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Lyotard, Readings, and the “Ruined” University Lyotard’s Postmodern Condition Key Terms: Language games, meta-narratives, legitimation, delegitimation, performativity, displacement/dissensus,  Key Points/Pages: Offers a definition of po-mo (xxiv) Failures of Marxism and the Critical Tradition (13) Tensions between Narrative knowledge and Scientific knowledge … Continue reading →

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