Variations on the Body (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

Variations on the Body (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

World-renowned philosopher, Michel Serres writes a text in praise of the body and movement, in praise of teachers of physical education, coaches, mountain guides, athletes, dancers, mimes, clowns, artisans, and artists. This work describes the variations, the admirable metamorphoses that the body

The Natural Contract (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

Global environmental change, argues Michel Serres, has forced us to reconsider our relationship to nature. In this translation of his influential 1990 book Le Contrat Naturel, Serres calls for a natural contract to be negotiated between Earth and its inhabitants.World history is often referred to

Genesis (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

This English translation of Michel Serres' 1982 book Gen se captures in lucid prose the startling breadth and depth of his thinking, as he probes the relations between order, disorder, knowledge, anxiety, and violence. Written in a unique blend of scientific discourse and lyrical outburst,

The Birth of Physics (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

Michel Serres is one of the most influential living theorists in European philosophy. This volume makes available a work which has a foundational place in the development of chaos theory, representing a tour de force application of the principles underlying Serres' distinctive philosophy of

The Five Senses: A Philosophy of Mingled Bodies (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

Hominescence (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

According to Michel Serres, a process of 'hominescence' has taken place throughout human history. Hominescence can be described as a type of adolescence; humanity in a state of growing, a state of constant change, on the threshold of something unpredictable. We are destined never to be the same

The Parasite, 1 (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

Influential philosopher Michel Serres's foundational work uses fable to explore how human relations are identical to that of the parasite to the host body. Among Serres's arguments is that by being pests, minor groups can become major players in public dialogue--creating diversity and complexity

Malfeasance: Appropriation Through Pollution? (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

Geometry: The Third Book of Foundations (Serres Michel)(Pevná vazba)

In this third installment of his classic 'Foundations' trilogy, Michel Serres takes on the history of geometry and mathematics. Even more broadly, Geometry is the beginnings of things and also how these beginnings have shaped how we continue to think philosophically and critically. Serres rejects a

The Bradshaw Variations (Cusk Rachel)(Paperback)

'Astonishing . . . The Bradshaw Variations is a timely, necessary story.' --Elle Thomas Bradshaw and Tonie Swann are experiencing the classic symptoms of marriage in its middle years: comfortable house, happy-enough daughter, and an eerie sense that life might be happening elsewhere. Then Tonie

Branches: A Philosophy of Time, Event and Advent (Serres Michel)(Paperback)

Despite being one of France's most enduring and popular philosophers, Branches is the first English translation of what has been identified as Michel Serres' key text on humanism. In attempting to reconcile humanity and nature, Serres examines how human history 'branches' off from its origin story

Fool and Other Moral Tales (Serre Anne)(Paperback / softback)

From the brilliant, sui generis Anne Serre - author of the celebrated Governesses - come three bewitching, thoroughly out-of-the-way

Palečka - Michel Serres - e-kniha

eBook: Zkušenost mladé generace, kterou Palečka reprezentuje, se radikálně liší od zkušenosti jejích rodičů a učitelů. Žije v symbióze s novými technologiemi, které jí umožňují nevídaně snadný přístup k informacím, ale zároveň ji činí svobodnou a lhostejnou vůči

Divine Variations: How Christian Thought Became Racial Science (Keel Terence)(Paperback)

Divine Variations offers a new account of the development of scientific ideas about race. Focusing on the production of scientific knowledge over the last three centuries, Terence Keel uncovers the persistent links between pre-modern Christian thought and contemporary scientific perceptions of

Richard Serra: Triptychs and Diptychs, Forged Rounds, Reverse Curve (Rose Julian)(Pevná vazba)

The first publication devoted to a new body of sculptures and drawings by one of the most celebrated artists of our time. This two-volume publication commemorates a trio of exhibitions by the celebrated American artist Richard Serra. Shown simultaneously in 2019 at Gagosian in New York, the three

Serre: Somme (Horsfall Jack)(Paperback / softback)

This 'Battleground Europe' book contains detailed information on the 1916 battles at the village of Serre on the Somme, and detailed walking and car tours of the battlefields and monuments as they are

Modern Defence: Move by Move (Lakdawala Cyrus)(Paperback)

Cyrus Lakdawala examines the many different variations of the Modern Defence, studies the typical plans and tactics, offers repertoire options and provides answers to all the key

Conversations about Sculpture (Serra Richard)(Paperback)

Drawn from talks between celebrated artist Richard Serra and acclaimed art historian Hal Foster held over a fifteen-year period, this volume offers revelations into Serra's prolific six-decade career and the ideas that have informed his working practice. Conversations about Sculpture is both an

Gold Bug Variations (Powers Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective (White Michelle)(Pevná vazba)

As the focal point of numerous high-profile exhibitions, the sculpture of Richard Serra (b. 1939) has drawn international acclaim. Yet even those who have marveled at Serra's intellectually rigorous and large works of sculpture may not be familiar with his equally intriguing drawings. This handsome

Governesses (Serre Anne)(Paperback / softback)

The sensational UK debut of a major French writer. Written with the elegance of old French fables, the dark sensuality of Djuna Barnes and the subtle comedy of Robert Walser, this warped, erotic fairy tale of a novella introduces UK readers to the marvellous Anne

The Gold Bug Variations (Powers Richard)(Paperback)

National Bestseller National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory and the forthcoming Bewilderment, a magnificent double love story of two young couples separated by a distance of twenty-five years. 'The most lavishly ambitious American novel

Sicilian Kan (Emms John)(Paperback)

The Sicilian Kan is one of the most flexible and easy-to-play variations of the entire Sicilian complex. In contrast to opening monsters such as the infamous Dragon and Najdorf Variations, Black players are not forced to memorize massive chunks of opening theory. Success in the Sicilian Kan is more

The Hegel Variations: On the Phenomenology of Spirit (Jameson Fredric)(Paperback)

Master philosopher and cultural theorist tackles the founder of modern dialecticsIn this major new study, the philosopher and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson offers a new reading of Hegel's foundational text Phenomenology of Spirit.In contrast to those who see the Phenomenology as a closed system