Michel Serres and the Crises of the Contemporary

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Michel Serres captures the urgencies of our time; from the digital revolution to the ecological crisis to the future of the university, the crises that code the world today are addressed in an accessible, affirmative and remarkably original analysis in his thought.This volume is the first to engage with the philosophy of Michel Serres, not by writing ‘about’ it, but by writing ‘with’ it. This is done by expanding upon the urgent themes that Serres works on; by furthering his materialism, his emphasis on communication and information, his focus on the senses, and the role of mathematics in thought. His famous concepts, such as the parasite, ‘amis de viellesse’, and the algorithm are applied in 21st century situations. With contributions from an international and interdisciplinary team of authors, these writings tackle the crises of today and affirm the contemporary relevance of Serres’ philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-11-01
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt458 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMichel Serres and Material Futures
Antal sidor200
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350060692

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Introduction: Procedural Thinking by Rick Dolphijn, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsChapter 1. The Virtue of Sensibility - David Webb, Staffordshire University, UKChapter 2. Cosmoliteracy and Anthropography, Vera Bühlmann, Vienna University of Technology, AustriaChapter 3. The Mathematical Anamneses - Lucie Kim-Chi Mercier, Kingston University London, UK)Chapter 4. Kill is kiss, words are rats - Eugenie Brinkema, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAChapter 5. The Exogenesis of Light - Matteo Pasquinelli, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, GermanyChapter 6. Scintillant @ the University of Angelic Invention, Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, University of Hong Kong, Hong KongChapter 7. The World, the Mat(t)er of Thought, Rick Dolphijn, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Chapter 8. The Grace of Extinction, Patricia McCormack, Anglia Ruskin University, UKChapter 9. A New Culture that Suits the World, Interview with Michel Serres by Janina Pigaht, Documentary Filmmaker and Rick Dolphijn, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, translated by Joeri Visser, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsIndex

This collection is both timely and important. The essays gathered here deploy many of the concepts and modes of thinking that Michel Serres has developed through his prodigious body of work, to make sense of the conditions of crisis, economic, environmental and political, that we currently inhabit. They take their impetus from the living and loving sweep of Serres's work, as they range between nature, language, mathematics, knowledge, technology and the senses. Their manner of thinking with, rather than merely about Serres, means that they are able to move beyond the parched, penurious work of critique to the imagination of new ways of thinking, feeling and being.