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 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.
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Michel Serres is a Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA and a member of the Académie Française, France. A renowned and popular philosopher, he is a prize-winning author of essays and books, such as The Five Senses (2008), Genesis (1995), and Biogée (2013).
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Deaths
The Body
How Our Body Changed
The First Loop of Hominescence
Three Global Houses
The Greatest Contemporary Discovery
Ego: Who Signs These Pages?
The World
The Greatest Contemporary Event
Ancient and New Common Houses
The Evolutionary House
The Second Loop of Hominescence
Who, ego?
The Others
The Event of Communication
Contemporary Humanity
The End of Networks: the Universal House
The Third Loop of Hominescence
The Others and the Death of the Ego
Peace