Antiphrase
The title of this essay is an antiphrasis, obviously! A friend of mine gave me this little book a couple of days ago, which was light enough that I could carry it around while traveling (don't read e-books :-). Its author is Michel Serres, a French, 87-year old philosopher of sciences now emeritus professor of French at Stanford University. He uses anecdotal memories - of which he has many given his great age - to pass a rather optimistic message about nostalgy of a better past, which he finds illusional on most aspects.
Antiphrase
The title of this essay is an antiphrasis, obviously! A friend of mine gave me this little book a couple of days ago, which was light enough that I could carry it around while traveling (don't read e-books :-). Its author is Michel Serres, a French, 87-year old philosopher of sciences now emeritus professor of French at Stanford University. He uses anecdotal memories - of which he has many given his great age - to pass a rather optimistic message about nostalgy of a better past, which he finds illusional on most aspects.