Statues as a source of new epistemology (the case of Michel Serres)

The article attempts to read the metaphor of the statue in Michel Serres’ philosophical discourse. Sculpture understood in the broad sense, as Serres proposes in Statues: The Second Book of Foundations, enables him to trace a whole array of concepts in western thought, and to make the statue itself...

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Main Author: Katarzyna Trzeciak
Format: Article
Language:Polish
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University 2017-12-01
Series:Przestrzenie Teorii
Online Access:http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pt/article/view/10387
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Summary:The article attempts to read the metaphor of the statue in Michel Serres’ philosophical discourse. Sculpture understood in the broad sense, as Serres proposes in Statues: The Second Book of Foundations, enables him to trace a whole array of concepts in western thought, and to make the statue itself a model of new cognition, extending beyond binary oppositions and open to unpredictability and a lack of continuity. For Serres a statue also offers the possibility to cross the boundaries of science and the humanities, and consequently to become, at the same time, both a critical and utopian figure.
ISSN:1644-6763
2450-5765