Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette
Le temps chez Serres. De l’entropie au Grand Récit
- 2024.
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Michel Serres is well known as a philosopher of communication. However the question of time runs through his entire works, from the first Hermès to his last book. Without surveying all of Serres’ reflections on time, this article shows that time is a pillar of his anthropology because he makes it the key to the relationship between humans and the world. How can we articulate our history with the evolution of life, of the universe? In addressing this question Serres developed an original view of time based on a number of scientific concepts that he turns into operators for philosophical thought. Michel Serres est surtout connu comme philosophe de la communication. Toutefois la question du temps traverse toute son œuvre, depuis les premiers Hermès jusqu’au dernier livre. Sans recenser toutes les réflexions de Serres sur le temps, cet article montre qu’il tient une place centrale dans son anthropologie car il en fait la clé des relations entre les humains et le monde. Comment articuler notre histoire avec l’évolution de la vie, de l’univers ?