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Libidinal Economy (French: Économie Libidinale) is a 1974 book by French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard. The book was composed following the ideological shift of the May 68 protests in France, whereupon Lyotard distanced himself from conventional critical theory and Marxism because he felt that they were still too structuralist and imposed ...
Nov 7, 2016 · According to Lyotard, every political economy is libidinal: that intensity has no equivalent in currency does not rid the circuits of capital of the force of libidinal investment. Intensive "exchanges" are ignorant of the constitutive negation of both political economy and natural theology since the libido invests unconditionally
Lyotard’s libidinal philosophy is developed in the major work Libidinal Economy and in two sets of essays, Dérive à partir de Marx et Freud [some of which is translated in Driftworks] and Des Dispositifs Pulsionnels.
First published in 1974, Libidinal Economy is a major work of twentieth century continental philosophy. In it, Lyotard develops the idea of economies driven by libidinal 'energies' or...
- Jean-François Lyotard
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In Libidinal Economy (1974), a work very much influenced by the Parisian student uprising of May 1968, Lyotard claimed that “desire” always escapes the generalizing and synthesizing activity inherent in rational thought; instead, reason and desire stand in a relationship of constant tension.
Oct 11, 2022 · Libidinal economy. by. Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998. Publication date. 1993. Topics. Philosophy, Sex -- Philosophy, Economics -- Philosophy. Publisher. Bloomington : Indiana University Press.
Mar 22, 1993 · Libidinal Economy. Jean-Francois Lyotard. Indiana University Press, Mar 22, 1993 - Business & Economics - 275 pages. Lyotard is considered one of the most brilliant and influential of French...
