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Malfeasance

Appropriation Through Pollution?

  • Paperback
  • 104 pages
  • Publisher: Stanford University Press
  • 15 x 17.8 x 1 cm

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In this highly original and provocative book, Michel Serres reflects on the relation between nature and culture and analyzes the origins of the world's contemporary environmental problems. He does so through the surprising proposition that our cleanliness is our dirt. While all living beings pollute to lay claim to their habitat, humans have multiplied pollution's effects catastrophically since the Industrial Revolution through the economic system's mode of appropriation and its emphasis on mindless growth. He warns that while we can measure what he calls "hard pollution" - the poisoning of the Earth - we ignore at our peril the disastrous impact of the "soft pollution" created by sound and images on our psyches. Sounding the alarm that the planet is heading for disaster, Serres proposes that humanity should stop trying to "own" the world and become "renters." Building on his earlier work, especially that on hominization, he urges us to establish a "natural contract" with nature. Published with the assistance of the Edgar M. Kahn Memorial Fund.
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  • Author

    Michel Serres

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Stanford University Press

  • Published

    November 2010

  • Weight

    96g

  • Page Count

    104

  • Dimensions

    15 x 17.8 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780804773034

  • ISBN-10

    0804773033

  • Eden Code

    4583343

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