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The Incandescent
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- Book Title
- The Incandescent
- ISBN
- 9781474297417
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Philosophy
- Topic
- Movements / Phenomenology, Aesthetics, Movements / Humanism
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 13.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 248 Pages
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The first translation of the volumes in Michel Serres' classic 'Humanism' tetralogy, this ambitious philosophical narrative explores what it means to be human. With his characteristic breadth of references including art, poetry, science, philosophy and literature, Serres paints a new picture of what it might mean to live meaningfully in contemporary society. He tells the story of humankind (from the beginning of time to the present moment) in an attempt to affirm his overriding thesis that humans and nature have always been part of the same ongoing and unfolding history. This crucial piece of posthumanist philosophical writing has never before been released in English. A masterful translation by Randolph Burks ensures the poetry and wisdom of Serres writing is preserved and his notion of what humanity is and might be is opened up to new audiences.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1474297412
ISBN-13
9781474297417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239753739
Product Key Features
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Movements / Phenomenology, Aesthetics, Movements / Humanism
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Genre
Philosophy
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
13.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
B821
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The Incandescent glows with genius. Michel Serres brings the full array of his analytic, synthetic, and literary powers to bear on the grand narrative of humanity's co-evolution with the natural world. Scientific erudition and philosophical depth come together in a sweeping cultural history that goes to the core of who we are as a species. In these pages the earth itself calls on us to become its curators and the avatars of more fully realized humanity., Michel Serres is one of France's greatest philosophers, and his greatest works, in my view, are Hominescence and The Incandescent . Published in the at the turn of the millennium, the books present an overarching philosophical vision of human evolution, and the position hominins occupy in the "grand narrative" of the universe given to us by the sciences. In this context, The Incandescent is not only a profound meditation on the multiple memories that constitute us as humans--individual, cultural, biological--but also a subtle analysis of the cognitive and political transformations being brought about by our contemporary technologies, which are in fact giving birth to a new human being.
Publication Name
Incandescent
Table of Content
1) Memory and Forgetfulness 2) The Grand Narrative 3) Nature and Culture 4) The Incandescent Metaphysics Its Culture 5) Access to the Universal Its Names Evil 6) The Universal 7) The Grand Narrative 8) Chronopedia 9) An Appeal to Universities Index
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
2018-287685
Dewey Decimal
194
Dewey Edition
23
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