Lyotard

Hugh J. Silverman is Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University. He is also Executive Director of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature as well as Chief Editor of Routledge's Continental Philosophy series.

• Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Texts Introduction Jean-Franois Lyotard- Between Politics and Aesthetics: Hugh J. Silverman I. (Ex)citing Philosophy 1. Emma: Between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Jean-Franois Lyotard II. Conversations and Differends 2. Conversations in Postmodern Hermeneutics: Shaun Gallagher 3. Lyotard, Bakhtin, and Radical Heterogeneity: Fred Evans 4. Lyotard, Levinas, and the Phrasing of the Ethical: James Hatley 5. Lyotard, Gadamer, and the Relation Between Ethics and Aesthetics: Gary E. Aylesworth 6. Lyotard, Nancy, and the Myth of Interruption: Michael Naas 7. Lyotard, Frank, and the Limits of Understanding: Erik Vogt III. After Politics 8. Interrupting Lyotard: Whither the We?: Debra B. Bergoffen 9. Lyotard, Heidegger, and The Jews: James R. Watson 10. Lyotard and History Without Witnesses: Thomas R. Flynn 11. Lyotard and The Forgotten: Stephen David Ross IV. Before Aesthetics 12. Postmodern Thinking of Transcendence: Richard Brons 13. Lyotard: Before and After the Sublime: Serge Trottein 14. Lyotard, Kant, and the In-Finite: Wilhelm S. Wurzer 15. The Suspense: Wayne Froman 16. Lyotard and the Events of the Postmodern Sublime: Hugh J. Silverman Notes Bibliography Contributors About the Editor

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