The Encyclopedic Philosophy of Michel Serres: Writing the Modern World and Anticipating the Future
MSU Affiliation
College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
Abstract
This monograph represents the first comprehensive study dedicated to the interdisciplinary French philosopher Michel Serres. As the title of this project unequivocally suggests, Serres’s prolific body of work paints a rending portrait of what it means for a sentient being to live in the modern world. This book reflects Serres’s profound conviction that “philosopher c’est anticiper”/ ‘to philosophize (about something) is to anticipate’ (“Philosophie Magazine”). According to Serres, a philosopher is someone who possesses an extremely broad base of knowledge coupled with the uncanny ability to envision what might transpire based upon his or her astute observations concerning phenomena that are already starting to unfold in a given society. Serres’s explanation of what engaging in philosophical inquiry entails encourages us to imagine all of the present and future ramifications of certain trajectories that are clearly visible all around us. From 1968 to the present, Serres has been generating forceful, “prophetic” visions in his works that mingle philosophy, religion, theology, contemporary science, and literature. (Provided by publisher)
Publication Date
8-15-2016
Publisher
Anaphora Literary Press
City
Augusta, GA
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ISBN
9781681142487
Recommended Citation
Moser, K. A. (2016). The encyclopedic philosophy of Michel Serres : writing the modern world and anticipating the future (1st edition). Anaphora Literary Press.
