Humanistic Narratives

Professor Michel Serres (Stanford University, USA), Randolph Burks

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Bloomsbury Academic
20 December 2025

Literary theory; Philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy: aesthetics; Social & political philosophy

Following the narratives explored in Hominescence, Incandescent and The Bough, Michel Serres continues and concludes his 'grand story' of humanity and humanism.

This book weaves together and condenses the overriding philosophical narratives of the previous books and reflects upon Serres' own humanist theoretical system. With characteristic breadth and imagination, in telling the story of humanity, Serres also tells us why Orpheus lost his friend Euridyce; why Eve was really tempted in the garden of Eden, the history of Fetishism and how human being learned to think.

The book offers a challenge to the reader: a challenge to live in the fullness of one's humanity.

By: Professor Michel Serres (Stanford University USA)
Translated by: Randolph Burks
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781474284493
ISBN 10: 1474284493
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 20 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Three Fragments of the Grand Narrative 1. I: Subject Narratives 2. We: Collective Narratives 3. Everyone: Objective Narratives Three Narratives of Hominization

Michel Serres is Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA, and a member of the Académie Française. A renowned and popular philosopher, he is a prize-winning author of essays and books, such as The Five Senses, Genesis, and Biogea. Randolph Burks is a philosopher specializing in phenomenology and philosophies of the body and nature. He has translated several works by Michel Serres, including Biogea, Variations on the Body, The Foundations Trilogy and The Hermaphrodite (forthcoming).

Reviews for Humanistic Narratives

In his final recount of humanism, humanity and the Humanities, as only Michel Serres could achieve, we learn how ongoing processes of abandonment, forgetting, harmony and return, shape both the state of the Earth and our estrangement from it today. A superb analysis and an essential read for anyone who inhabits this planet and cares about its future. * Rick Dolphijn, Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Utrecht University, the Netherlands *