{"title":"Professor Michel Serres","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Michel Serres\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a unique blend of philosophy and science, inviting readers to explore complex ideas through a poetic and interdisciplinary lens. His works, including \u003cem\u003eThe Five Senses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHumanistic Narratives\u003c\/em\u003e, traverse the relationships between knowledge, culture, and the natural world with elegance and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSerres’ writings challenge conventional thinking, weaving together history, philosophy, and science to illuminate how we perceive and interact with our environment. Readers can expect thought-provoking reflections that bridge the abstract and the tangible, enriching both the intellect and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"branches-by-professor-michel-serres-9781474297516","title":"Branches","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite being one of France’s most enduring and popular philosophers, \u003ci\u003eBranches\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English translation of what has been identified as Michel Serres’ key text on humanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn attempting to reconcile humanity and nature, Serres examines how human history ‘branches’ off from its origin story. Using the metaphor of a branch springing from the stem and arguing that the branch’s originality derives its format, Serres identifies dogmatic philosophy as the stem, while philosophy as the branch represents its inventive, shape-shifting, or interdisciplinary elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBranches\u003c\/i\u003e, Serres provides a unique reading of the history of thought and removes the barriers between science, culture, art and religion. His fluency and this fluidity of subject matter combine here to make a book suitable for students of Continental philosophy, post-humanism, the medical humanities and philosophical science, while providing any reader with a wider understanding of the world in which they find themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46770086183148,"sku":"9781474297516","price":58.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25112683482712.jpg?v=1756430353"},{"product_id":"hominescence-by-professor-michel-serres-9781474247047","title":"Hominescence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Michel Serres, a process of 'hominescence' has taken place throughout human history. Hominescence can be described as a type of adolescence; humanity in a state of growing, a state of constant change, on the threshold of something unpredictable. We are destined never to be the same again, but what does the future hold?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative and passionately original work of philosophy, Serres describes the future of man as an adolescence, transitioning from childhood to adulthood, or luminescence, when a dark body becomes light. After considering the radical changes that humanity has experienced over the last fifty years, Serres analyzes the new relationship that man has with diverse concepts, like the dead, his own body, agriculture, and new communication networks. He alerts us to the consequences of these changes, particularly on the danger of growing inequalities between rich and poor countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShould we rejoice in the future, ignore it, or even dread it? Unlike other philosophies that preach doom and gloom, \u003ci\u003eHominescence\u003c\/i\u003e calls for us to anticipate the uncertain light of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000637767916,"sku":"9781474247047","price":62.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24607993482712.jpg?v=1763292178"},{"product_id":"humanistic-narratives-by-professor-michel-serres-9781474284493","title":"Humanistic Narratives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing the narratives explored in \u003ci\u003eHominescence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIncandescent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bough\u003c\/i\u003e, Michel Serres continues and concludes his 'grand story' of humanity and humanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumanistic Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e 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 also tells us why Orpheus lost his friend Euridyce; why Eve was \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e tempted in the garden of Eden, the history of Fetishism and how human beings learned to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book offers a challenge to the reader: a challenge to live in the fullness of one's humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000642322668,"sku":"9781474284493","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24982453482712.jpg?v=1763292835"},{"product_id":"the-five-senses-by-professor-michel-serres-9781474299640","title":"The Five Senses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarginalised by the scientific age, the lessons of the senses have been overtaken by the dominance of language and the information revolution. With \u003ci\u003eThe Five Senses\u003c\/i\u003e, Serres traces a topology of human perception. Writing against the Cartesian tradition and in praise of empiricism, he demonstrates repeatedly, and lyrically, the sterility of systems of knowledge divorced from bodily experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe fragile empirical world, long resistant to our attempts to contain and catalogue it, is disappearing beneath the relentless accumulations of late capitalist society and information technology. Data has replaced sensory pleasure; we are less interested in the taste of a fine wine than in the description on the bottle's label. What are we, and what do we really know, when we have forgotten that our senses can describe a taste more accurately than language ever could?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book won the inaugural \u003ci\u003ePrix Médicis Essai\u003c\/i\u003e in 1985. The \u003ci\u003eRevelations\u003c\/i\u003e edition includes an introduction by Steven Connor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000780308716,"sku":"9781474299640","price":58.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25133923482712.jpg?v=1763304149"},{"product_id":"the-incandescent-by-professor-michel-serres-9781474297400","title":"The Incandescent","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first translation of the volumes in Michel Serres’ classic \u003ci\u003eHumanism\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000788336876,"sku":"9781474297400","price":63.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25111523482712.jpg?v=1763304936"},{"product_id":"rome-by-professor-michel-serres-9781472590152","title":"Rome","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRome\u003c\/em\u003e, Michel Serres' first book in his 'foundations trilogy', is all about beginnings. It explores the commencement of Rome itself, as well as the origins of society, knowledge, and culture. \u003cem\u003eRome\u003c\/em\u003e is an examination of the very foundations upon which contemporary society has been built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith characteristic breadth and lyricism, Serres leads the reader on a journey from a meditation on the roots of scientific knowledge to set theory and aesthetics. He explores the themes of violence, murder, sacrifice, and hospitality in order to urge us to avoid the repetitive violence of founding. \u003cem\u003eRome\u003c\/em\u003e also offers an alternative and creative reading of Livy's \u003cem\u003eAb urbe condita\u003c\/em\u003e, shedding light on the problems of history, repetition, and imitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in English in 1991, re-translated and introduced in this new edition, Michel Serres' \u003cem\u003eRome\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary classic which reveals how we came to live the way we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471483912428,"sku":"9781472590152","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781472590152-rome.jpg?v=1775244779"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/professor-michel-serres.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}