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Jean-François Lyotard, an Uncommon card
Jean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 59,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Jean-François Lyotard quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jean-François Lyotard card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Lyotard was a key personality in ______ continental philosophy and authored 26 books and many articles.
Answer
contemporary. Lyotard was a key personality in contemporary continental philosophy and authored 26 books and many articles. From the Jean-François Lyotard article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late ____s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition.
Answer
1970s. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. From the Jean-François Lyotard article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and postmodern art, literature and critical theory, music, film, time and memory, space, the city and landscape, the sublime, and the relation between aesthetics and politics.
- He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition.
- Lyotard was a key personality in contemporary continental philosophy and authored 26 books and many articles.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jean-François Lyotard article was read about 59,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Jean-François Lyotard (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bracha L. Ettinger, retouched by AM ( talk ), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
