From Subversion To Rebuilding

Lean-Franeois Lyotard (1924-1998) is known as one of the greatest prominent postmodernists in the contemporary era. Loytard had examined the conditions of the knowledge and sciencein post industrial society and had attempted to establish new post-modernism theory of knowledge that is different from the modern theory of knowledge. Lyotard described in this article how to subvert the traditional knowledge of the rationalism of how to rebuild the legalization of the new standards, and attempt to give a historical appraisal to his ideology. This thesis is mainly divided into five chapters, as follow:The first chapter mainly described reality and theoretical background of "the legalization of knowledge". In the post-modern, the nature of modern knowledge, knowledge of the status, knowledge of function and way of transmission have changed. It is the reality background. The source of Greek knowledge, the source and the nature of two Speculative model, as well as post-modern pioneer Wittgenstein, Quine, such as the idea of deconstruction of meta-language. It is the theoretical background.The second chapter mainly analyzes the relationship between Lyotard and post-modernism. What is the background that Lyotard put forward his concept of post-modernism ? And it give a detailed description of the post-modern theory of Lyotard. Lyotard defines "Postmodern" as "incredulity toward meta-narratives".The third chapter, Lyotard thought that the knowledge may divide into two kinds:narrative knowledge and scientific knowledge. And then focuses on the legalization of two kinds of knowledge, as well as crisis. He thinks that the dominating seientific knowledge proves its Legitimation obviously or ambiguously through narrative knowledge, while narrative knowledge is based on demonstration free and doubtless theory of "Meta-narratives" . In the Postmodern world, the speech right's domination of scientific knowledge is invalid. The meta-narratives begin to decline, thus the narrative knowledge is under crisis, too.The forth chapter estimates the rebuild of the legitimation of knowledge. Lyotard intensely opposes legalization standards of meta-narratives, behavioral principles and consensus system described by Habermas. He advocates not only seientific knowledge but also narrative knowledge is many-faceted and ehangeable. For this reason,he builds the famous"Language Games" method. He approves the right of various kinds of "Language Games "to be protected, while opposes the domination of any of it. He believe only through"Language Games"rule, permitting the existence of difference, giving up consensus by paralogy, the legitimation of knowledge can be rebuilt.In the last chapter of the aiticle, it look back on the view of domestic and foreign scholars to "the legalization of knowledge "of Lyotard. most of them had both positive and negative attitude. Then the author focuses on the evaluation of "the legalization of knowledge "of Lyotard. This theory certainly has important theoretical and practical significance. At the same time, we must see its limitations.