Rome - The First Book of Foundations - The Foundation Trilogy

Serres, Michael; Burks, Randolph (translated)

ISBN 10: 1472590155 / ISBN 13: 9781472590152

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2015

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Brand New. First English Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 242pp. (48/2). Seller Inventory # ABE-1599044892995

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rome - The First Book of Foundations - The ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, London

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Michel Serres first book in his 'foundations trilogy' is all about beginnings. The beginning of Rome but also about the beginning of society, knowledge and culture. Rome is an examination of the very foundations upon which contemporary society has been built.

With characteristic breadth and lyricism, Serres leads the reader on a journey from a meditation the roots of scientific knowledge to set theory and aesthetics. He explores the themes of violence, murder, sacrifice and hospitality in order to urge us to avoid the repetitive violence of founding. Rome also provides an alternative and creative reading of Livy's Ab urbe condita which sheds light on the problems of history, repetition and imitation.

First published in English in 1991, re-translated and introduced in this new edition, Michel Serres' Rome is a contemporary classic which shows us how we came to live the way we do.

Book Description:

Major contemporary French philosopher, Michel Serres, examines the foundations upon which our own history is built