Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important contribution to contemporary debates on postmoderism and education.

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;