Times of crisis : what the financial crisis revealed and how to reinvent our lives and future / Michel Serres ; translated by Anne-Marie Feenberg-Dibon.
Serres, Michel, author.; Feenberg-Dibon, Anne-Marie, 1943- translator.
2014
HB3722 .S4713 2014 (Mapit)
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Title Times of crisis : what the financial crisis revealed and how to reinvent our lives and future / Michel Serres ; translated by Anne-Marie Feenberg-Dibon.
Author Serres, Michel, author.
Uniform Title Temps des crises. English
ISBN 9781441101808 hardcover
1441101802 hardcover
Published New York ; London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
Language English
Description xiii, 75 pages ; 21 cm
Call Number HB3722 .S4713 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.5/42
Summary "For Michel Serres, economic crises are earthquakes caused by societal tectonic plates. The current crisis erupted because of the widening discrepancy between major social changes and institutions that have remained the same since WWII. Serres, one of the first to bring nature into the political, writes, "To destroy, kill, exploit is worthless. In the long run, it means destroying ourselves." At a time when the world population has grown so much that it is exhausting natural resources and the environment, we need to rethink cultural, social, and political dynamics. Serres argues that geopolitics and economics will no longer be a two-player game, between West and East, for example, but a three-player one, in which is Earth will be the third partner. This book is one of hope as it calls for a new world and extols the importance of science for our future and political institutions. Here, Serres demonstrates an optimistic outlook in a clear and luminous language that offers new paths for reflection and, ultimately, a better life for Earth and its inhabitants"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Originally published as Temps des Crises by Editions Le Pommier in 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Feenberg-Dibon, Anne-Marie, 1943- translator.
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Definitions of the word crisis
1. Six events: Ancient novelties; The global crisis
2. The things of the world: A game with two and three players; Biogea; What the world is saying, or the third revolution on earth
3. Knowledge and conduct: Future sciences; Two oaths
Solutions to the crisis?
Index.

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