The author of this work coins the term paralogy as a process which should replace "performativity" as the "nature of the social bond."
The author of this work coins the term paralogy as a process which should replace "performativity" as the "nature of the social bond." He defines paralogy as a creative and productive resistance to totalizing metanarratives, and refers approvingly to pursuits like chaos theory and quantum mechanics which seek out anomalies in existing systems. His argument is that we have come to recognize the incredulity of metanarratives and instead rely on Wittgenstein-like "language games" in living our lives in ►the computerized and cybernetic environment of the 20th century. FTP, name this 1979 work subtitled A Report on Knowledge, the best-known book by Jean-Francois Lyotard.
The author of this work coins the term paralogy as a process which should replace "performativity" as the "nature of the social bond."
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge