Résumé
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Scientific, economic and political progress has brought us face-to-face with the material limitations of the world we live in. The urgency of the global warming crisis obliges us to anticipate the constraints imposed by these limits rather than simply endure them, and to deliberately divert the path of progress rather than blindly follow on, toward a disaster unprecedented in history. In the company of three heroes of modernity, Descartes, Newton and Freud, this book takes us on a journey through the culture that produced our civilisation. As we travel, we discover the avatars of the paradoxical 'talking animal' who can, through thinking, rise above himself and, from this vantage point, consider himself as a thing of this world, yet strangely incarnated in a sensitive body from which he cannot escape. Philosophy, theology and epistemology have all tried to resolve this paradox, while we may do better to devise a means of passing over the chasm it has created, to live and deal with it by drawing inspiration from fictions so convincing that they seem to be true. Moving along this perilous path, our thinking takes shape, is shared and evolves as it approaches its limits, posing questions when it collides with them. That collision provokes renewal. This book takes us on a journey, leading readers to face the necessary refoundation of Modern Times, an issue that current climactic change will not allow us to elude.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Loup Verlet |
Collection | Passages |
Parution | 22/03/2007 |
Format | 14.5 x 23.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 565g |
EAN13 | 9782204082075 |
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