{"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\/products\/hermes-i-by-michel-serres-9780816678839","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}