Talk:The Postmodern Condition

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[edit] Wittgenstein / Language games

  • Lyotard later admitted that he had a 'less than limited' knowledge of the science he was to write about, and to compensate for this knowledge, he 'made stories up' and referred to a number of books that he hadn't actually read. In retrospect, he called it 'a parody' and 'simply the worst of all my books'.[3] Despite this, and much to Lyotard's regret, it came to be seen as his most important piece of writing.

I would like to have this corraborated by another source, or perhaps simply leave it out since it doesn't have much relevance in the real-life study of Lyotard's writing. Amanniste 17:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure I see why an author's estimation of his own book shouldn't go in the Wikipedia article on the book. --Delirium (talk) 15:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

"The result is a plurality of language games (a term coined by Wittgenstein) ..." - Did Lyotard actually reference Wittgenstein, or is this a summary by the Wikipedia editor? -- 201.51.222.169 23:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)