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Genesis (Studies in Literature and Science)
Michel Serres
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Description for Genesis (Studies in Literature and Science)
Paperback. A lyrical, breathtaking exploration of the chaos and multiplicity that underlie imposed conventions of order Translator(s): James, Genevieve; Nielson, James. Series: Studies in Literature & Science. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
This English translation of Michel Serres' 1982 book Genèse captures in lucid prose the startling breadth and depth of his thinking, as he probes the relations between order, disorder, knowledge, anxiety, and violence. Written in a unique blend of scientific discourse and lyrical outburst, classical philosophical idiom and conversational intimacy, by turns angry, playful, refined or discordant, Genesis is an attempt to think outside of metaphysical categories of unity or rational order and to make us hear--through both its content and form--the "noise," the "sound and the fury," that are the background of life and thought.
Serres draws on ... Read more
This English translation of Michel Serres' 1982 book Genèse captures in lucid prose the startling breadth and depth of his thinking, as he probes the relations between order, disorder, knowledge, anxiety, and violence. Written in a unique blend of scientific discourse and lyrical outburst, classical philosophical idiom and conversational intimacy, by turns angry, playful, refined or discordant, Genesis is an attempt to think outside of metaphysical categories of unity or rational order and to make us hear--through both its content and form--the "noise," the "sound and the fury," that are the background of life and thought.
Serres draws on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Literature & Science
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472084357
SKU
V9780472084357
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About Michel Serres
Michel Serres is one of the rare contemporary philosophers to propose an open vision of the world founded on an alliance between the humanities and science.
Reviews for Genesis (Studies in Literature and Science)
An intensely beautiful and rigourous meditation on the birth of forms amid chaos and multiplicity from a major philosopher who is also an exquisite craftsman of the written word." —William Paulson, University of Michigan "Serres exhibits a rare, raw tendentiousness refreshing in its vitriol . . . it's the sort of light-hearted, perverse, and basically liberal tirade one hears ... Read more