Discourse, Figure (French: Discours, figure) is a 1971 book by the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard. The philosopher Alan D. Schrift described the book as Lyotard's first major work.[1] According to the philosopher Iain Hamilton Grant, Lyotard regarded it as one of his key works, alongside Libidinal Economy (1974) and The Differend (1983).[2]

Discourse, Figure
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJean-François Lyotard
Original titleDiscours, figure
TranslatorsAntony Hudek, Mary Lydon
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SeriesCultural Critique Books
SubjectStructuralism
PublisherKlincksieck, University of Minnesota Press
Publication date
1971
Published in English
2011
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages512 (University of Minnesota Press edition)
ISBN978-0816645657

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  1. ^ Schrift 2017, p. 619.
  2. ^ Grant 1993, p. xx.

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