Bruno Latour in pieces : an intellectual biography / / Henning Schmidgen ; translated by Gloria Custance

• Autore: Schmidgen Henning
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.115
• Soggetto topico: Law - Philosophy
• Soggetto non controllato: Actor-Network Theory; Bruno Latour; Contemporary Philosophy; French Theory; Sociology of Science
• Classificazione: SCI075000PHI000000SOC002010
• Persona (resp. second.): CustanceGloria
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Exegesis and Ethnology -- Two. A Philosopher in the Laboratory -- Three. Machines of Tradition -- Four. Pandora and the History of Modernity -- Five. Of Actants, Forces, and Things -- Six. Science and Action -- Seven. Questions Concerning Technology -- Eight. The Coming Parliament -- Conclusion -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a lover of science and technology, co-founder of actor-network theory, and philosopher of a modernity that had “never been modern.” In the meantime he is regarded not just as one of the most intelligent—and also popular—exponents of science studies but also as a major innovator of the social sciences, an exemplary wanderer who walks the line between the sciences and the humanities. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the Latourian oeuvre, from his early anthropological studies in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), to influential books like Laboratory Life and Science in Action, and his most recent reflections on an empirical metaphysics of “modes of existence.” In the course of this enquiry it becomes clear that the basic problem to which Latour’s work responds is that of social tradition, the transmission of experience and knowledge. What this empirical philosopher constantly grapples with is the complex relationship of knowledge, time, and culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bruno Latour in pieces
• ISBN: 0-8232-6655-9; 0-8232-6372-X; 0-8232-6373-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786806203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Forms of living.