Jean-François Lyotard

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Jean-François Lyotard: French philosopher (1924-1998) who treated desire as an economy and later named the postmodern as incredulity toward grand narratives.

See also

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• libidinal economyA reading of social life in which desire is treated as a scarce, investable force, circulated, hoarded, and spent the way capital is.
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• Mackinder's Heartland theoryA geopolitical concept proposing that control over Central Asia (the 'Heartland') allows for dominance over the 'World Island' (Eurasia and Africa), and thus the entire world.
• Nicholas Spykman's Rimland theoryA geopolitical theory stating that control over the coastal fringes of Eurasia (the Rimland) is the key to global power, as it contains the majority of the world's population and resources.