Clean Evil: Pollute to Appropriate?

In Michel Serres's new essay, the author argues the following: to appropriate a given place, humans, like irrational animals, mark their territory with excrement and waste. Why is it necessary to pollute? *Clean Evil* – Pollute to Appropriate? answers this question by addressing not only questions of chemistry, physics, and the environment, but also simply human projects of appropriation. According to Serres, appropriation is a human necessity, but those who claim a piece of land often have to fight against a rival who also desires the same good. Acts of pollution correspond to an expansion of space they can no longer possess. And this pollution concerns not only the physical aspect, but also the psychological, such as advertising campaigns. *Clean Evil* is a book of simple and contemporary philosophy that addresses a topic that affects us all. In it, the author strives to change and broaden human perspectives, because understanding pollution also requires understanding human beings as a whole: their history, behavior, and psychology. Can we rethink a new contract, accept that each person is merely a tenant, and remove the layers of waste to reveal the beauty of the world? This requires considerable effort, but it's about survival, defending priceless resources like water, air, fire, land, and living beings, and moving toward a new freedom. Is there any other choice?