To speak is to fight: war as structure of thought in Lyotard's postmodern condition.
This article, as part of a larger study on the role of war as the primary and primordial formative mechanism of human thought and communication, investigates the functions of war in the thinking of postmodern philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard. It is argued that the central idea that provides the str...
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Communicare, Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa
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