An Inquiry into Modes of Existence: An Anthropology of the Moderns

An Inquiry into Modes of Existence: An Anthropology of the Moderns

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Over the past twenty-five years, Bruno Latour has developed a research protocol different from the actor-network theory with which his name is now associated—a research protocol that follows the different types of connectors that provide specific truth conditions. These are the connectors that prompt a climate scientist challenged by a captain of industry to appeal to the institution of science, with its army of researchers and mountains of data, rather than to “capital-S Science” as a higher authority. Such modes of extension—or modes of existence, Latour argues here—account for the many differences between law, science, politics, and other domains of knowledge.

“Magnificent… An Inquiry into Modes of Existence shows that [Latour] has lost none of his astonishing fertility as a thinker, or his skill and wit as a writer… Latour’s main message—that rationality is ‘woven from more than one thread’—is intended not just for the academic seminar, but for the public square—and the public square today is global as never before.
—Jonathan Rée, Times Literary Supplement

“Latour’s work makes the world—sorry, worlds—interesting again.”
—Stephen Muecke, Los Angeles Review of Books

Editore ‏ : ‎ Harvard Univ Pr (4 giugno 2018)
Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 486 pagine
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674984021
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674984028
Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 1,05 Kilograms
Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 14.61 x 3.56 x 22.54 cm

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Over the past twenty-five years, Bruno Latour has developed a research protocol different from the actor-network theory with which his name is now associated—a research protocol that follows the different types of connectors that provide specific truth conditions. These are the connectors that prompt a climate scientist challenged by a captain of industry to appeal to the institution of science, with its army of researchers and mountains of data, rather than to “capital-S Science” as a higher authority. Such modes of extension—or modes of existence, Latour argues here—account for the many differences between law, science, politics, and other domains of knowledge.

“Magnificent… An Inquiry into Modes of Existence shows that [Latour] has lost none of his astonishing fertility as a thinker, or his skill and wit as a writer… Latour’s main message—that rationality is ‘woven from more than one thread’—is intended not just for the academic seminar, but for the public square—and the public square today is global as never before.
—Jonathan Rée, Times Literary Supplement

“Latour’s work makes the world—sorry, worlds—interesting again.”
—Stephen Muecke, Los Angeles Review of Books

Editore ‏ : ‎ Harvard Univ Pr (4 giugno 2018)
Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 486 pagine
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674984021
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674984028
Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 1,05 Kilograms
Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 14.61 x 3.56 x 22.54 cm

5 recensioni per An Inquiry into Modes of Existence: An Anthropology of the Moderns

  1. sheila adams –

    Hardback, hardly used, so tidily and carefully wrapped, lovely condition. Worth reading of course, and keeping on my shelf as i intended.

  2. Alan Tucker –

    Well printed and bound, physically a pleasure to read. Bought following an excellent review by Jonathan Rée in the t.l.s 10 Jan 2014. Latour’s ideas are interesting, his style not – verbose and mock-enthusiastic as a scientist explaining to a twelve-year old why sugar melts in water. Here he in on ‘habit’: ‘It is the most common experience. No touchstone is more discriminating than this one: there are habits that make us more and more obtuse; there are habits that make us more and more skilllful. There are those that degenerate into..’ enough, but there is more and more of this. Somewhere inside these 488 pages lies a brilliant essay. I am trying to find it and it is a struggle.

  3. Kerry Koitzsch –

    Latour’s groundbreaking work is a fascinating read, in much the same way that Julian Jaynes or Gregory Bateson are. The discovery of a philosophical author with something new to say is a revelation in itself. Highly recommended for any reading list that might — to be even more extreme — include John Trinick or Erich Neumann as exemplars of ‘radical anthropology’.

  4. Renata –

    Fantastic book with meaningful thoughts in our modern lives. Best to read his other works prior to this one, as it is a culmination of We Have Never Been Modern. In addition to reading Latour, I strongly recommend the writings of Michel Serres.

  5. Yehezkel Dror –

    My assessment is that this magnificent edifice lacks foundations and is misdirected.

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