Times of Crisis: What the Financial Crisis Revealed and How to Reinvent Our Lives and Future Contributor(s): Serres, Michel (Author), Feenberg-Dibon, Anne-Marie (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1501307894 ISBN-13: 9781501307898 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science - Business & Economics | Economics - Microeconomics |
Dewey: 338.542 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.8" W x 7.6" (0.25 lbs) 96 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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 a two-player game, between West and East, for example, but a three-player one, in which is Earth will be the third partner. This book is one of hope as it calls for a new world and extols the importance of science for our future and political institutions. Here, Serres demonstrates an optimistic outlook in a clear and luminous language that offers new paths for reflection and, ultimately, a better life for Earth and its inhabitants. |
Contributor Bio(s): Serres, Michel: - 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). |