Lyotard's Philosophy of Art

A comprehensive investigation of Jean-François Lyotard’s aesthetics and philosophy of art. It presents a novel interpretation of the significance of his aesthetics by positioning it as an intervention in the post-Kantian tradition: for Lyotard, a ‘quasi-transcendental’ logic of sensation opens thinking to events and indeterminacy, in contrast to systems of knowledge. The book traces this theme through Lyotard’s critical engagements with phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and Kantian aesthetics, as well as through his writings on artists such as Cézanne and Duchamp. It also positions Lyotard as an original interpreter of conceptual art, a dimension missed by most of his critics. It defends the continued relevance and importance of Lyotard's philosophy of art, which was one of the most important philosophical contributions of the twentieth century.