ISBN:
9781478059318
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1478059311
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 325 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Porous becomings
Keywords:
Serres, Michel
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Anthropology Philosophy
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Culture Philosophy
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Science Philosophy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
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PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory
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SOCIAL SCIENCE/ Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Abstract:
One of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, French philosopher of science Michel Serres (1930–2019) broke free from disciplinary dogmas. His reflections on science, culture, technology, art, and religion have proved foundational to scholars across the humanities. The contributors to Porous Becomings bring the inspirational and enigmatic world of Serres to the attention of anthropology. Through ethnographic encounters as diverse as angels and religious conversion in Ethiopia, the percolation of war in Bosnia, and incarcerated bodies crossing the Atlantic, the contributors showcase how Serres’s interrogation of the fundamentals of human existence opens new pathways for anthropological knowledge. Proposing the notion of "porosity" to characterize permeability across boundaries of time, space, literary genre, and academic discipline, they draw on Serres to map the constellations that connect humans, time, technology, and planet Earth. The volume concludes with a conversation between the editors and Vibrant Matter author Jane Bennett.Contributors. Andreas Bandak, Jane Bennett, Tom Boylston, Steven D. Brown, Matei Candea, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, David Henig, Michael Jackson, Daniel M. Knight, Celia Lowe, Morten Nielsen, Stavroula Pipyrou, Elizabeth Povinelli, Andrew Shryock, Arpad Szakolczai
Abstract:
"Porous Becomings brings anthropology into conversation with the late French philosopher Michel Serres (1930-2019). Serres championed an understanding of the human condition that transcended space, time, and episteme. Breaking free from disciplinary dogmas, Serres' reflections on science, culture, technology, art, and religion have proved foundational to scholars across the humanities. The editors note the long anthropological engagement with Bruno Latour, Gilles Deleuze, and Isabelle Stengers, work which disrupts conventional bounded thinking. They call for a similar conversation with Serres and gather anthropologists, including Elizabeth Povinelli and Michael Jackson, working in that idiom. The book concludes with a conversation between the editors and Jane Bennett, who has made significant use of Serres in her own work. Porous Becomings is intended to be more than simply the insertion of another French philosopher into the anthropological debate, instead providing critical insight into the theoretical and methodological apparatus of the discipline itself, allowing us to better confront a world in entangled polycrisis"--
Note:
Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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ANGEL HAIR ANTHROPOLOGY WITH MICHEL SERRES
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PART I. OF PARASITES AND CONTRACTS
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1 Three Tales on the Arts of Entrapment: Natural Contracts, Melodic Contaminations, and Spiderweb Anthropologies
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2 Under the Sign of Hermes: Transgression, the Trickster, and Natural Justice
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3 Keeping to Oneself: Hospitality and the Magical Hoard in the Balga of Jordan
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Chapter 3 Postscript: Connective Tissue
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4 Serres, the Sea, the Human, and Anthropology
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PART II. BODIES IN TIME
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5 Variations of Bodies in Motion and Relation
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6 When War Percolates: On Topologies of Earthly Violence in a Planetary Age
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7 Feeling Safe in a Panbiotic World
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8 Michel Serres and Gregory Bateson: Implicit Dialogue about a Recognitive Epistemology of Nature
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PART III. KNOWLEDGE QUESTS
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9 Angelology
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10 Forms of Proximity
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11 Comedic Transubstantiation: The Hermesian Paradox of Being Funny among Stand-Up Comics in New York City
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12 Michel Serres, Wisdom, Anthropology
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Afterword: Conversations with Jane Bennett
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References
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Contributors
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Index
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In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781478059318
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