In this first English translation of one of his most important works, Michel Serres presents the statue as more than a static entity: for Serres it is the basis for knowledge, society, the subject and object, the world and experience. Serres demonstrates how sacrificial art founded and still persist[...]

Although elected to the prestigious French Academy in 1990, Michel Serres has long been considered a maverick--a provocative thinker whose prolific writings on culture, science and philosophy have often baffled more than they have enlightened. In these five lively interviews with sociologist Bruno L[...]

This English translation of Michel Serres' 1982 book Genese 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[...]

In this highly original and provocative book, Michel Serres reflects on the relation between nature and culture and analyzes the origins of the world's contemporary environmental problems. He does so through the surprising proposition that our cleanliness is our dirt. While all living beings pollute[...]

Marginalized by the scientific age with its metaphysical and philosophical systems, the lessons of the senses have been overtaken by the dominance of language and the information revolution. Exploring the deleterious effects of the systematic downgrading of the senses in Western philosophy, Michel S[...]

Features a matching folio to the Pet Shop Boys' album, "Fundamental" arranged for piano, voice and guitar. The songs featured include: "Psychological"; "The Sodom And Gomorrah Show"; "I Made My Excuses and Left"; "Minimal"; "God Willing"; "Luna Park"; "I'm With Stupid"; "Casanova In Hell"; "Twentiet[...]

"Biogea" is a mixture of poetry, philosophy, science, and biography exemplary of the style that has made Michel Serres one of the most extraordinary thinkers of his age. His philosophical and poetic inquiry sings in praise of earth and life, what he names singularly as Biogea. In these times when sp[...]

Inom vetenskapen har det blivit allt svårare att upprätthålla uppdelningen mellan det biologiska som givet och det sociala som flexibelt. Lika svårt har det blivit att dra en tydlig gränslinje mellan politiska och naturvetenskapliga angelägenheter. Klimatfrågan är ett tydligt exempel, där f[...]