Description
Book SynopsisA biography of Bruno Latour, the sociologist and anthropologist, which focuses on his political philosophy.
Trade Review'A delightful, informative read for Latour novices and experts alike' -- Ian Bogost, Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and author of Alien Phenomenology, or What it’s Like to Be a Thing
'With refreshing creativity, Graham Harman extracts his political project from Bruno Latour's philosophical writings. His book lucidly maps out the course that Latour's thought charts across left and right - truth and power - not because this opposition doesn't matter, but because for all their practical urgency, today's crises also present a great intellectual challenge, requiring a redefinition of the very objectives of politics' -- Noortje Marres
Table of ContentsAbbreviations for Latour's Works Cited in the Book
A Note on the Life and Thought of Bruno Latour
Introduction: Truth Politics and Power Politics
1. In Search of a Latourian Political Philosophy
2. Early Latour: A Hannibal of Actants
3. Middle Latour: The Parliament of Things
4. Late Latour: Politics as a Mode
5. 'Usefully Pilloried': Latour’s Left Flank
6. 'An Interesting Reactionary': Latour’s Right Flank
7. 'A Copernican Revolution': Lippmann, Dewey and Object-Oriented Politics
8. Concluding Remarks
Notes
Bibliography
Index
