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Times of Crisis: What the Financial Crisis Revealed and How to Reinvent our Lives and Future
Michel Serres
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Description for Times of Crisis: What the Financial Crisis Revealed and How to Reinvent our Lives and Future
Hardback. Translation of the author's Temp des crises. Translator(s): Feenberg-Dibon, Anne-Marie. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
For Michel Serres, economic crises are earthquakes caused by societal tectonic plates. The current crisis erupted because of the widening discrepancy between major social changes and institutions that have remained the same since WWII. Serres, one of the first to bring nature into the political, writes, "To destroy, kill, exploit is worthless. In the long run, it means destroying ourselves." At a time when the world population has grown so much that it is exhausting natural resources and the environment, we need to rethink cultural, social, and political dynamics. Serres argues that geopolitics and economics will no longer be ... Read more
For Michel Serres, economic crises are earthquakes caused by societal tectonic plates. The current crisis erupted because of the widening discrepancy between major social changes and institutions that have remained the same since WWII. Serres, one of the first to bring nature into the political, writes, "To destroy, kill, exploit is worthless. In the long run, it means destroying ourselves." At a time when the world population has grown so much that it is exhausting natural resources and the environment, we need to rethink cultural, social, and political dynamics. Serres argues that geopolitics and economics will no longer be ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441101808
SKU
V9781441101808
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About Michel Serres
Michel Serres is a Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University and a member of the Académie Française. A renowned and popular philosopher, he is a prize-winning author of essays and books, such as The Five Senses (Grasset/Continuum), Genesis (Grasset/U. of Michigan Press), and Biogée (Le Pommier/Univocal Press).
Reviews for Times of Crisis: What the Financial Crisis Revealed and How to Reinvent our Lives and Future
For this great French philosopher, the financial crisis is but a superficial fault line in the Humanity earthquake. He demonstrates this in Le Temps des Crises, a manifesto that humbly wishes to save the planet.
Trends-Tendances
The book does not hand deliver miracle cures, but many paths for reflecting are laid out in Le Temps des Crises, a ... Read more
Trends-Tendances
The book does not hand deliver miracle cures, but many paths for reflecting are laid out in Le Temps des Crises, a ... Read more