The first translation of the volumes in Michel Serres’ classic ‘Humanism’ tetralogy, this ambitious philosophical narrative explores what it means to be human. With his characteristic breadth of references including…

Michel Serres first book in his ‘foundations trilogy’ is all about beginnings. The beginning of Rome but also about the beginning of society, knowledge and culture. Rome is an examination…

Writing against the Cartesian tradition and in praise of empiricism, this book demonstrates repeatedly, and lyrically, the sterility of systems of knowledge divorced from bodily experience.