Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides a timely exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work.

Pradeep A. Dhillon is Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In addition to her book, Multiple Identities, her articles have appeared in journals of philosophy and the philosophy of education.,
Paul Standish is a lecturer in the philosophy of education at the University of Dundee. His books include Beyond the Self: Wittgenstein, Heidegger and the Limits of Language, and Thinking Again: Education after Postmodernism, which he co-authored.

Introduction, Pradeep A. Dhillon, Paul Standish; Chapter 1 Emancipation and philosophies of history, Michael Peters; Chapter 2 Lyotard on Wittgenstein, Nicholas C. Burbules; Chapter 3 Paralogy, validity claims, and the politics of knowledge, Nigel Blake; Chapter 4 Overcoming capitalism, J. M. Fritzman; Chapter 5 Lyotard as moral educator, A. T. Nuyen; Chapter 6 The sublime face of just education, Pradeep A. Dhillon; Chapter 7 Another space, Richard Smith; Chapter 8 L'enfance, education, and the politics of meaning, Paul Smeyers, Jan Masschelein; Chapter 9 In freedom's grip, Paul Standish; Chapter 10 Exploring "Lyotard's women", Lynda Stone; Chapter 11 Fables and apedagogy, David Palumbo-Liu; Chapter 12 For a libidinal education, James Williams; Chapter 13 Pointlessness and the University of Beauty, Gordon C. F. Bearn;