In reading his work, it is fun to pick out which modern/ post modern authors influenced Lyotard's writings. He speaks of how "no self is an island." Each person's existence is a "fabric of relations." This is much like Heidegger's idea that each man is a mit-dasein, that is a being-with in the world. That means that each man's being is a being of existence that cannot be separated from his world and the other beings around him. Moreover, Percy speaks of how man is a triadic being, he is a being which must be able to relate to others though language or he cannot actualize his being.
Lyotard also speaks of how although language is necessary for the existence of the Self, language as it is today is quite limited. It is not until institutions such as schools, government offices, the work place, etc. remove the boundaries currently placed on language that it can be used to its full potential and the true pursuit of knowledge be undertaken. We have talked a lot this semester about how many theorists have placed boxes around things, and made theories which, while they many aid our understanding of something in the present- they ultimately inhibit free and creative thought on a particular subject. Heidegger speaks on this in great detail.
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