{"title":"Michel Serres","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichel Serres offers a distinctive blend of philosophy and science, weaving insights that cross traditional boundaries. His works invite readers to explore complex ideas through a lens that is both poetic and rigorous, challenging perceptions of knowledge and communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles such as \u003cem\u003eHermes I\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAround the world with writers, scientists and philosophers\u003c\/em\u003e, Serres engages with the interplay between culture, language, and the evolving nature of understanding. His writing is ideal for those drawn to thoughtful reflections on the connections between human experience and the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"around-the-world-with-writers-scientists-and-philosophers-by-michel-serres-9780645464894","title":"Around the world with writers, scientists and philosophers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew work by world-renowned French thinker translated by Sydney-based Gazebo Books.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAround the world with writers, scientists and philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e, world-renowned philosopher Michel Serres takes us on a voyage that unveils a different map than the geographical or political world maps we are accustomed to. Using the tools of the ethnologist, Serres examines our Western cultures to reveal that our influential writers, philosophers, scientists and inventors have a worldview analogous to that of First Peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking book takes on the form of an ode to curiosity to reveal the Great Story of the emergence and wandering of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichel Serres is considered one of the most influential thinkers of recent decades. He was a member of France's Académie Française and professor at Stanford University. He is the author of numerous essays on philosophy and the history of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46768614867180,"sku":"9780645464894","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9b05062e35c272dee5595c13ca631e6a.jpg?v=1756413671"},{"product_id":"hermes-i-by-michel-serres-9780816678839","title":"Hermes I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor the first time in English, the introductory volume in a major French philosopher's groundbreaking series of poetic transdisciplinary works\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichel Serres is recognised as one of the giants of postwar French philosophy of knowledge, along with Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilbert Simondon. His early five-volume series \u003cem\u003eHermes\u003c\/em\u003e, which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s, was an intellectual supernova in its proposition that culture and science shared the same mythic and narrative structures. \u003cem\u003eHermes I: Communication\u003c\/em\u003e marks the start of a major publishing endeavour to introduce this foundational series into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the figure of the Greek god Hermes, who presides over the realms of communication and interpretation, \u003cem\u003eHermes I\u003c\/em\u003e embarks on a reflection concerning the history of mathematics via Descartes and Leibniz and culminates by way of a Bachelardian logoanalytic reading of Homer, Dumas, Molière, Verne, and the story of Cinderella. We observe a singular poetic philosopher seeking to bridge the gap between the liberal arts and the sciences through a profound mathematical and poetic fable regarding information theory, history, and art, establishing a new way to think about the production of knowledge during the late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, students and scholars of philosophy will discover an extraordinary project of thought as vital to critical reflection today as it was fifty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605993373932,"sku":"9780816678839","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4f42468183eac8f25652f467a7c951c4.jpg?v=1778193747"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/michel-serres.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}