Jean-François Lyotard

Jean-François Lyotard
Jean-François Lyotard
	Lyotard, photo by Bracha L. Ettinger, 1995
Born	10 August 1924; Versailles, France
Died	21 April 1998 (aged 73); Paris, France
Burial place	Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Education	University of Paris (B.A., M.A.); University of Paris X (DrE, 1971)
Spouse	Dolores Djidzek
Children	3, including Corinne, Laurence and David
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Phenomenology (early); Post-Marxism (late); Postmodernism (late)
Institutions	Lycée of Constantine (1950–52); Collège Henri-IV de La Flèche (1952–59); University of Paris (1959–66); University of Paris X (1966-70); Centre national de la recherche scientifique (1968–70); University of Paris VIII (1970-87); University of California, Irvine (1987–94); Emory University (1994–98); Johns Hopkins University; University of California, San Diego; University of California, Berkeley; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; Collège International de Philosophie; The European Graduate School
Main interests	The Sublime, sociology
Notable ideas	The "postmodern condition"; Collapse of the "grand narrative", libidinal economy

Jean-François Lyotard (UK: /ˌljɔːtɑːr/; US: /liːoʊtɑːrd/; French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ljɔtaʁ]; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and postmodern art, literature and critical theory, music, film, time and memory, space, the city and landscape, the sublime, and the relation between aesthetics and politics. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. Lyotard was a key personality in contemporary continental philosophy and authored 26 books and many articles. He was a director of the International College of Philosophy founded by Jacques Derrida, François Châtelet, Jean-Pierre Faye, and Dominique Lecourt.

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