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Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter the postmodern age.

Jean-François Lyotard

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Jean-François Lyotard (10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher and literary theorist.

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