Even now it is no longer composed of the traditional political class, but of a composite layer of corporate leaders, high-level administrators, and the heads of the major professional, labor, political, and religious organisations. Jean-Francois Lyotard administratorclasscompose share on social
A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant. Jean-Francois Lyotard constantendmodern Change image and share on social
Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse. Jean-Francois Lyotard discoursekindknowledge Change image and share on social
Increasingly, the central question is becoming who will have access to the information these machines must have in storage to guarantee that the right decisions are made. Jean-Francois Lyotard accesscentraldecision Change image and share on social
And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer. Jean-Francois Lyotard answerapproachchoose Change image and share on social
A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before. Jean-Francois Lyotard amountcomplexexist Change image and share on social
What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it. Jean-Francois Lyotard acquireconceptionfunction Change image and share on social
Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a new production: in both cases, the goal is exchange. Jean-Francois Lyotard caseconsumeexchange Change image and share on social
If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society. Jean-Francois Lyotard answerapplycontemporary Change image and share on social
The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers. Jean-Francois Lyotard classcontinuedecision Change image and share on social
