Prince of networks : Bruno Latour and metaphysics /

Prince of networks : Bruno Latour and metaphysics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Harman, Graham, 1968-
Imprint:	Prahran, Vic. : Re.press, 2009.
Description:	viii, 247 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Anamnesis Anamnesis.
Subject:	Latour, Bruno. Latour, Bruno. Metaphysics. Ontology. Metaphysics. Ontology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9301494

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Varying Form of Title:	Bruno Latour and metaphysics
ISBN:	9780980544060 (pbk.) 0980544068 (pbk.) 9780980666526 (ebook) 098066652X (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-237) and index. Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page: http://www.re-press.org.
Summary:	"Prince of Networks is the first treatment of Bruno Latour specifically as a philosopher. Part One covers four key works that display Latours underrated contributions to metaphysics: Irreductions, Science in Action, We Have Never Been Modern, and Pandoras Hope. Harman contends that Latour is one of the central figures of contemporary philosophy, with a highly original ontology centered in four key concepts: actants, irreduction, translation, and alliance. In Part Two, Harman summarizes Latours most important philosophical insights, including his status as the first secular occasionalist. Working from his own object-oriented perspective, Harman also criticizes the Latourian focus on the relational character of actors at the expense of their cryptic autonomous reality. This book forms a remarkable interface between Latours Actor-Network Theory and the Speculative Realism of Harman and his confederates."--Book cover.

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