02183cam a2200313Ii 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002500063020001500088020001800103020001500121020003100136035006000167040006800227050002100295100002000316245006600336260004500402300001700447500005600464520111700520650004501637650003301682700002101715942001201736952010601748999001501854on1055683826OCoLCta181008s2019    enk           000 e eng d  a9781474247047 (pbk.)  a1474247040  a9781474247863  a1474247865  z9781474247061 (ePub ebook)  a(OCoLC)1055683826z(OCoLC)1055681248z(OCoLC)1110502879  aYDXbengcYDXdOCLCQdUKMGBdOCLCOdOCLCFdCDXdFIEdOCLCQdITD 4aCB430b.S47 20191 aSerres, Michel.10aHominescence /cMichel Serres ; translated by Randolph Burks.  aLondon : bBloomsbury Academic, cc2019.  aviii, 271 p.  aTranslation of: Hominescence. Pommier, Paris, 2001.  aAccording 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 again but what does the future hold? In this innovative and passionately original work of philosophy, Serres describes the future of man as an adolescence, transitioning from childhood to adulthood, or luminescence, when a dark body becomes light. After considering the radical changes that humanity has experienced over the last fifty years, Serres analyzes the new relationship that man has with diverse concepts, like the dead, his own body, agriculture, and new communication networks. He alerts us to the consequences of these changes, particularly on the danger of growing inequalities between rich and poor countries. Should we rejoice in the future, ignore it, or even dread it? Unlike other philosophies that preach doom and gloom, Hominescence calls for us to anticipate the uncertain light of the future.  4aCivilization, Moderny1950-xPhilosophy. 4aHuman evolutionxPhilosophy.1 aBurks, Randolph.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oCB430 .S47 2019pPNLIB21061896r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c2083d2083