Texts by Jean-François Lyotard, 1984

Compiled by

Eddie Yeghiayan

• Abstract by Jean-Francois Lyotard of "Presenting the Unpresentable: The Sublime" (1982) in RILA (Répertoire International de la Littérature de l'Art/International Repertory of the Literature of Art) (1984), 10(2): 659, #6958.

• "Agire prima di capire. L'etica di Levinas." Aut Aut (May-June 1984), 201: 8-14.

  Translation into Italian by Federica Sossi of "Logique de Lévinas" (1980).

• L'Assassinat de l'expérience par la peinture, Monory. Collection "Le Mot et la forme," 3. Paris: Le Castor Astral, 1984.
  Contents:

  1. L'Expertise:7-10.
     
  2. Economie libidinale du dandy:11-109.
     
  3. Esthétique sublime du tueur à gages:113- 154.

• "Le Concubinage du savoir et de l'Etat." Le Monde (July 2, 1984), 12264:xv.

• La condición postmoderna. Teorema. Serie mayor. Madrid: Ediciónes Catedra, 1984.

  Translation into Spanish by Mariano Antolin Rato of La Condition postmoderne (1979).

• "Le Design au-delà de l'esthétique: `Passage du témoin' de Jean- François Lyotard à François Burkhardt." Le Monde (November 4-5, 1984), 12372:xi.

  Conversation between Jean-François Lyotard, François Burkhardt, and Thomas Ferenczi.

• "The Differend, the Referent and the Proper Name." Diacritics (Fall 1984), 14(3):3-15.

  Extract from pp. 16-92 of Le Différend translated by George Van Den Abbeele.

• Driftworks. Edited by Roger McKeon. Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents Series. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.
  Contents:

  1. Adrift. (Translated by Roger McKeon)
     
  2. On Theory: An Interview (with Brigitte Devismes).
     
  3. Jewish Oedipus. (Translation by Susan Hanson) [Revised translation of "Jewish Oedipus" (1977).]
     
  4. The Connivances of Desire with the Figural. [Translation by Anne Knab) of "Connivences du désir avec le figural" in Discours, figure (1971), pp. 271-279.]
     
  5. Notes on the Critical Function of the Work of Art. (Translation by Susan Hanson) of "Notes sur la fonction critique de l'oeuvre" (1970).]
     
  6. Gift of Organs. (Translation by Richard Lockwood) of "Cadeau d'organes," in Dérive à partir de Marx et Freud (1973), pp. 47-52.]
     
  7. Several Silences. (Translation by Joseph Maier) of "Plusieurs silences" (1972).]

• "Das Erhabene und die Avantgarde." Kunstforum International (September-October 1984), 7:121-128.

• "Das Erhabene und die Avantgarde." Translated by Heike Rutke and Clemens-Carl Härle. Merkur (March 1984), 38(2): 151-164.

• "Figure forclose." L'Ecrit du Temps "Questions de Judaïsme" (Winter 1984), 5: 63-105.

• "Die Immaterialität: Manifest eines Projekts am Centre Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg." In Das Abenteuer der Ideen: Architektur und Philosophie seit der Industriellen Revolution, pp. 185-194. Internationale Bauausstellung Berlin 1987, Frohlich and Kaufmann, 1984.

• "Les Immateriaux." Parachute (Montreal) (September-October-November 1984), 36: 43-48.

• "L'Instant, Newman." In Michel Baudson, ed., L'Art et le temps: regards sur la quatrième dimension, pp. 99-105. Paris: Michel, 1984.

• Interview: Jean-François Lyotard." Translated by Georges Van Den Abbeele. Georges Van Den Abbeele interviews Jean-François Lyotard. Diacritics (Fall 1984), 14(3):16-21.

• "Jean-François Lyotard dans la société `post-moderne'." Interview with Christian Descamps. In Entretiens avec `Le Monde,' Vol. 1, Philosophes, pp. 149-157. Paris: La Découverte/Le Monde, 1984.

  See "Jean-François Lyotard dans la société `post-moderne'" (1979).

• "Language, temps, travail." Interview with Giairo Daghini. Change International [Paris] (May 1984), 2:42-47.

• "Longitude 1800 W or E." Arakawa. Mostra Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, January 19-February 20, 1984. Milan: Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, 1984.

  An exhibition catalogue with text in French, English (translated by Mary Ann Caws) and Italian (translated by Maurizio Ferraris).

• Ökonomie des Wunsches. Economie libidinale. Bremen:Impuls, 1984.

  Translation into German by Gabriele Ricke and Ronald Vouillié of Economie libidinale (1974).

• "La Peinture du secret à l'ère postmoderne, Baruchello." Traverses (March 1984), 30-31: 95-101.

• "Philosophy and Painting in the Age of their Experimentation: Contribution to an Idea of Postmodernity." Camera Obscura (1984), 12:110-125.

  Translation into English by Maria Minich Brewer and Daniel Brewer of "La Philosophie et la peinture à l'ère de leur expérimentation. Contribution à une idée de la postmodernité" (1981).

• "Plaidoyer pour la métaphysique: `Passage du témoin' de Jacques Derrida à Jean-François Lyotard." Le Monde (October 18-19, 1984), 12366:ix.

  Conversation between Jacques Derrida, Jean-François Lyotard and Thomas Ferenczi.

• The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Foreword by Fredric Jameson. Theory and History of Literature, 10. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1984.

  Includes an essay "Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism?" appended to the French edition and translated into English by Regis Durand.

  Translation into English by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi of La Condition postmoderne (1979).

• "Ruth Francken, les portraits." Opus International (Winter 1984), 92:44-45.

  Extract from L'Histoire de Ruth 1983.

• "Le Seuil de l'histoire." Digraphe (May 1984), 33: 10-56; (September 1984), 34: 36-74.

• "Some of the Things at Stake in Women's Struggles." Wedge [New York] (Winter 1984), 6:24-29.

  See "Some of the Things at Stake in Women's Struggles"(1978).

• "The Sublime and the Avant-Garde." Translated by Lisa Liebmann. Artforum (April 1984), 22(8): 36-43.

• Tombeau de l'intellectuel et autres papiers. Paris: Galilée, 1984.
  Contains newspaper articles and a conference paper, 1982-83.
  Contents:

  1. Tombeau de l'intellectuel:11-22.
     
  2. Le Différend:25-31.
     
  3. Pour une non-politique culturelle:35-40.
     
  4. Nouvelles technologies:43-46.
     
  5. Wittgenstein, "après":49-66.
     
  6. Les Modes intellectuelles:69-73.
     
  7. Appendice svelte à la question postmoderne:77-87.

  Essays 3 and 4 are published for the first time.

• "Über fünf Bilder von René Guiffrey." Konkursbuch (Tübingen) (1984). 13:177-183.

• "The Unconscious, History, and Phrases: Notes on [Fredric Jameson's] The Political Unconscious." Translated by Michael Clark. New Orleans Review (Spring 1984), 11(1):73-79.