Humanistic Narratives
$43.50
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2025
Summary
Humanistic Narratives: The Grand Story of Humanity
Following the narratives explored in Hominescence, Incandescent and The Bough, Michel Serres continues and concludes his ‘grand story’ of humanity and humanism. This book weaves together and condenses the overriding philosophical narratives of the previous books and reflects upon Serres’ own humanist theoretical system.
With characteristic breadth and imagination, in telling the story of humanity, Serres al…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474284493 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474284493 |
| Author: | Michel Serres, Randolph Burks, Professor Michel Serres |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 18mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
In his final recount of humanism, humanity and the Humanities, as only Michel Serres could achieve, we learn how ongoing processes of abandonment, forgetting, harmony and return, shape both the state of the Earth and our estrangement from it today. A superb analysis and an essential read for anyone who inhabits this planet and cares about its future. * Rick Dolphijn, Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Utrecht University, the Netherlands *
About The Author
Michel Serres
Michel Serres is Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA, and a member of the Académie Française. A renowned and popular philosopher, he is a prize-winning author of essays and books, such as The Five Senses, Genesis, and Biogea.
Randolph Burks is a philosopher specializing in phenomenology and philosophies of the body and nature. He has translated several works by Michel Serres, including Biogea, Variations on the Body, The Foundations Trilogy and The Hermaphrodite (forthcoming).
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