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The Differend: Phrases in Dispute (French: Le Différend) is a 1983 book by the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard.
Indeed, The Differend, arguable Lyotard’s most important statement to date, can be understood as a renewal of the sophistic (and specifically Gorgianic) view of invention. —
1 de ene. de 2001 · The differend: Phrases in dispute. Jean-François Lyotard, Georges Van Den Abbeele (Translator) 3.99. 170 ratings7 reviews. English, French (translation) Genres Philosophy Theory History Politics Nonfiction 20th Century. 208 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1983. Book details & editions. About the author. Jean-François Lyotard.
A differend is a wrong or injustice that cannot be expressed or proved because the discourse that could do so is denied or precluded. The term was coined by Jean-François Lyotard and applied to cases such as Holocaust denial and Guantanamo Bay detainees.
At the beginning of the 1980s, Jean-François Lyotard elaborated the notion of the differend,1a notion that can be read as the central piece in a philosophical theory of radical disputes, indeed a theory of the radicality of dispute. The concept is explicitly meant to shed light on ethical, political and historical debates.
Lyotard's notion of the differend can be analysed as a philosophical theory of radical disputes, that is, disputes with no possible resolution other than the silencing of one of the parties.
21 de sept. de 2018 · 3.3 The Differend. Shortly after completing Libidinal Economy, Lyotard began nine years of efforts crafting his masterwork, The Differend (1983). The book begins with a “Reading Dossier” that sets out clearly the question, theses, context, addressee, and so forth of the work in separate paragraphs.
