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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (French: La condition postmoderne: rapport sur le savoir) is a 1979 book by the philosopher Jean-François Lyotard, in which the author analyzes the notion of knowledge in postmodern society as the end of 'grand narratives' or metanarratives, which he considers a quintessential feature of modernity. Lyotard…
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The extracted context around The Postmodern Condition shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Postmodern Condition → Frederick Turner, However, In, Lyotard, The Another extracted example is The Postmodern Condition → 1979 (Les Éditions de Minuit), 1984 (University of Minnesota Press, in English). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 26 structured relationships around The Postmodern Condition. Examples in this analysis include The Postmodern Condition → Author → Jean-François Lyotard and The Postmodern Condition → Language → French. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Postmodern Condition | Author | Jean-François Lyotard | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Postmodern Condition | Language | French | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Postmodern Condition | Media type | 1.00 | infobox | |
| The Postmodern Condition | Original title | La condition postmoderne: rapport sur le savoir | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Postmodern Condition | Publication place | France | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Postmodern Condition | Published | 1979 (Les Éditions de Minuit) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Postmodern Condition | Published | 1984 (University of Minnesota Press, in English) | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Postmodern Condition | Subjects | Postmodern culture, technology, epistemology | 1.00 | infobox |
| The Postmodern Condition | Translators | Geoffrey Bennington and Brian Massumi | 1.00 | infobox |
| those of the Enlightenment | instance of | SummaryLyotard criticizes metanarratives such as reductionism and teleological notions of human history | 0.80 | text |
| Marxism | instance of | SummaryLyotard criticizes metanarratives such as reductionism and teleological notions of human history | 0.80 | text |
| arguing that they have become untenable because of technological progress in the areas of communication | instance of | SummaryLyotard criticizes metanarratives such as reductionism and teleological notions of human history | 0.80 | text |
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Source: Wikipedia — The Postmodern Condition · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout