The postmodern condition a report on knowledge many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed this book extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science technology and the arts the significance of technocracy and the way the flow of . The postmodern condition a report on knowledge is a 1979 book by the philosopher jean francois 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 introduced the term postmodernism which was previously only used by art critics into philosophy and social sciences with the following observation simplifying to the extreme i . The postmodern condition a report on knowledge theory history of literature jean francois lyotard g bennington b massumi isbn 9780719014543 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The postmodern condition a report on knowledge theory and history of literature jean francois lyotard fredric jameson brian massumi geoff bennington isbn 9780816611737 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The postmodern condition a report on knowledge theory and history of literature volume 10 author jean francois lyotard geoff bennington brian massumi fredric jameson