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Malfeasance

Malfeasance

Appropriation Through Pollution?

by Michel Serres
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/11/2010

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In this highly original and provocative book, Michel Serres reflects on the relation between nature and culture and analyzes the origins of the world's contemporary environmental problems. He does so through the surprising proposition that our cleanliness is our dirt. While all living beings pollute to lay claim to their habitat, humans have multiplied pollution's effects catastrophically since the Industrial Revolution through the economic system's mode of appropriation and its emphasis on mindless growth. He warns that while we can measure what he calls "hard pollution"-the poisoning of the Earth-we ignore at our peril the disastrous impact of the "soft pollution" created by sound and images on our psyches. Sounding the alarm that the planet is heading for disaster, Serres proposes that humanity should stop trying to "own" the world and become "renters." Building on his earlier work, especially that on hominization, he urges us to establish a "natural contract" with nature.


Published with the assistance of the Edgar M. Kahn Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780804773034
9780804773034
Category:
Philosophy
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-11-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
104
Dimensions (mm):
178x114x8mm
Weight:
0.09kg
Michel Serres

Michel Serres was Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA and a member of the Acad mie Fran aise, France. A renowned and popular philosopher, he was a prize-winning author of essays and books.

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