Abstract

The article has two objectives. The first is to present the most important topics in Jean-Francois Lyotard's famous book, The Differend: Phrases in Dispute. The discussion focuses primarily on the linguistic aspects of Lyotard's concept. The Differend offers insight into language as a heterogeneous product, in which the participants of the language, representing different types of discourse, constantly enter into disputes, that is situations of irresolvable conflict. The second objective is to link the above-mentioned topics to issues of postmodern philosophy, which are represented by Gianni Vattimo and Zygmunt Bauman.