The right of bruno latour to be identified as author of this work has been. He curated the zkm exhibits iconoclash and making things public and coedited the accompanying catalogs, both published. Review of facing gaia by bruno latour, in libraries and archives in the. Third gifford lecture by latour today the anthropo. Lecture at the french institute, london, november 2011. Feb 21, 20 if youve not been following the gifford lecture series by bruno latour this year, the third of six lectures will be today at 12. All lectures take place in st cecilias hall, niddry street, cowgate, edinburgh, at 5. Eight lectures on the new climatic regime cam bridge. Those six lectures in natural religion explore what it could mean to live at the epoch of the anthropocene when what was until now a mere decor for human history is becoming the principal actor. Bruno latour facing gaia ebook, pdf eight lectures on the new cl. Facing gaia six lectures on the political theology of nature.
Modernity, anthropocene, capitalocene, and the climate crisis. Mar 22, 20 bruno latours website has the text pdf of the lectures and describes them as. A series of six lectures by bruno latour, professor at sciences po, paris. Dipesh chakrabarty, rob nixon, ursula heise, bruno latour. The lightness of existence and the origami of french anthropology. Their purpose is to promote and diffuse the study of natural theology in the widest sense of the term in other words, the knowledge of god. Below are the required readings, but the course site itself will have helpful works on latour, interviews with latour, and videos of lectures he has given on the topics at hand. Anthropocene, capitalocene, plantationocene, chthulucene. Notes, bibliographies will appear later in the draft of the published version. Le texte a ete amende pour cette publication mais on a garde le style oral dune communication. The university of edinburgh gifford lectures 20 brochure pdf facing gaia. In certain portions of the academic world, he is a recognised superstar. Those six lectures in natural religion explore what it. In his strange performancecum lecture moving earths he depicts social and cosmic order lurching towards a parallel political and.
Facing gaia reworks latours 20 gifford lectures delivered at the university of. Gifford lectures the institute for earthbound studies. The lectures are now available as a book details here. Memories of a lost landscape or 311, force of nature, and. The clarendon lectures in management studies are jointly organised by oxford university press and the sad business school. This february, he came to edinburgh university to deliver the annual gifford lecture series, established in 1888 to promote and diffuse the study of natural theology in the widest sense of the term an opportunity we felt we could not miss.
To summarize, latour begins his career as an unapologetic power politician. Agency at the time of the anthropocene bruno latour by open. In this series of lectures on natural religion, bruno latour argues that the. The gifford lectureships held at the universities of edinburgh, glasgow, aberdeen and st. Bruno latour the anthropocene and the destruction of the image of the globe. Agency at the time of the anthropocene bruno latour by. Gifford lectures in february of 20 bruno latour was the featured speaker for the gifford lectures. Bruno latour thinks about the anthropocene resilience. Latour s intention is to take up this conception in pursuit of a new way of thinking about our critical moment. Eight lectures on the new climatic regime by bruno latour sean leahy. Latour on science and nature recently, the sociologist of science, bruno latour, delivered the six gifford lectures on the subject of natural religion latour, 20. Feb 19, 20 latour s gifford lectures the 16 was last night. Bruno latour offers an extended reworking of his 20 gifford lectures. Huit conferences sur le nouveau regime climatique, paris.
The text of the play and most of my own articles cited in this book are. At the end of july 2014 there was a weeklong workshop held at the ecole des mines in paris, bruno latour s former workplace. First of the gifford lectures given by bruno latour in. An introduction to actornetwork theory, our modern cult of the factish gods, an inquiry into modes of existence, and many other books. The surprising new preacher of gaia is bruno latour. Agency at the time of the anthropocene bruno latour, author. Graham harmanthe importance of bruno latour 31 few contemporary thinkers have met with a stranger fate than bruno latour. Apr 07, 2020 the prestigious gifford lectures have been delivered annually since 1888 by a succession of distinguished international scholars. Six lectures on the political theology of nature, can be watched below.
Bruno latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of reassembling the social. Bruno latours gifford lectures, february 20 anthem. The clarendon lectures in management studies are jointly organised by oxford university press and the sa. Originally trained as an anthropologist, latour has. Bruno latour thinks about the anthropocene resilience science. University of st andrews, university of glasgow, university of aberdeen. Every year a leading international academic is invited to give a series of lectures on a topic related to management education and research, broadly defined. Bruno latour gifford lectures 20 this course is designed to be provocative of generative dialogue around the ways we view the humannature dichotomy, and to evoke new ways to resolve that conceptual faultline, and to examine the foundations of a robust planetary axiology valuesystem. Six lectures on the political theology of nature, gifford lectures on natural religion, edinburgh, 18th28th of february 20. Bruno latour has given the gifford lectures in edinburgh in.
Latour approached the subject by considering the kind of entities that gather a people. Remembering the maverick physicist who pioneered an anthropic approach to cosmology. Bruno latour the anthropocene and the destruction of the image of the globe the gifford lectures. From economics to ecology, bergen, 4 june 20 our holberg laureate, bruno latour, has given us so many new things during his extraordinary intellectual career and his many intellectual collaborations. Apr 01, 20 professor bruno latour is one of the most respected scholars in the social sciences today. Bruno latour facing gaia ebook, pdf eight lectures on the new. Documentaries include surviving progress, chasing ice, into eternity, manufactured landscapes, fukushima. First gifford lecture on facing gaia discussion time. This was a final workshop, convened by latour s project, an inquiry into modes of existence, which was not only a book, but a website that was an experiment in interactive metaphysics that had been going on for four years. Mar 22, 20 bruno latour s gifford lectures facing gaia. Information on professor bruno latours gifford lecture series, facing gaia. All of them are being streamed live by edinburgh here, which is a pretty decent quality save for a few freezes. Hesiods theogony recounts the genesis of gaia as the earth. The gifford lectures are an annual series of lectures which were established in 1887 by the will of adam gifford, lord gifford.
With the book avoiding questions of global capitalism and political economy, alexandre leskanich questions whether this. Latour neither repeats nor discards previous notions of humanity but translates them in a gesture that can be traced all the way back to his doctoral work on the theologian of demythologisation rudolf bultmann. Nov 08, 20 latours gifford lectures text now available as pdf. In this series of lectures on natural religion, bruno latour argues that the complex and. Agency at the time of the anthropocene bruno latour, length. Bruno latour contends that the anthropocene is the most decisive philosophical, religious, anthropological and political concept yet produced as an alternative to the very notions of modern and modernity.
Tonight, agencyone will deal more with semiotics, that is, with the trajectories of meaning. A gifford lectures appointment is one of the most prestigious honors in scottish academia. The role of lippmann and dewey now feels less emphatic than that of the troubling schmitt, invoked by latour in his 20 gifford lectures as a strategic ally in the coming war against climate change skeptics. Six lectures on the political theology of nature being the gifford lectures on natural religion edinburgh, 18th28th of february 20 adam lowe factum arte model for terra firma only for discussion with the author, not for quotation version 103.
Special issue, journal of critical library and information studies 2, no. Composing the common world through arts and politics. Latour had already observed, in his equally already famous gifford lectures latour 20, the anthropocene indicates in fact the end of the human and the beginning of the obligation here it is stengers speaking to dream other dreams op. Eight lectures on the new climatic regime, bruno latour offers an extended reworking of his 20 gifford lectures delivered at. Bruno latour, talking religiously, part 1 the religious. These links seem to be dead, but the pdf of the lectures can be found here. Six lectures on the political theology of nature, gifford lectures, 1828 february, 20. Bruno latour has given the six gifford lectures on natural religion for 20, under the title. Parliament of things into latour and his philosophy.
The anthropologist and philosopher bruno latour turns to the historic idea of gaia, initially developed by the english scientist james lovelock, to denounce the anthropocene i. May 25, 2017 does thomas berry provide a foundational set of principles. For those unfamiliar with latour s work, these lectures provide essential background for understanding his method 4 latour, facing gaia, 50. Im franklin ginn, a cultural geographer at the unviersity of bristol. Bruno latour has made the text of his gifford lectures available as a pdf on his site facing gaia. Andrews were established under the will of adam lord gifford 18201887, a senator of the college of justice. Latours gifford lectures text now available as pdf progressive. First of the gifford lectures given by bruno latour in edinburgh. Chapter 6 considers the figure of the human that emerges in bruno latour s an inquiry into modes of existence and his facing gaia lectures. The lectures are given at several scottish universities. Oct 29, 2012 the university of edinburgh gifford lectures 20 brochure pdf facing gaia. The gifford lectures are an annual series of lectures which were established in 1887 by the will. Lectures to promote and diffuse the study of natural theology in the widest sense of the termin other words, the knowledge of god.
Those lectures filmed and set up by the university of edinburgh are available on their sites. Bruno latour has given the gifford lectures in edinburgh. Facing gaia eight lectures on the new climatic regime by bruno. International colloquium the thousand names of gaia. If politics consists in representing the voices of the oppressed and the unknown, then we would all be in a much better. It is under the notion of agency that i have regrouped some of the insights i gained from my work in science studies. Facing gaia, six lectures on the political theology of nature. A new inquiry into natural religion by bruno latour. You can also download a copy of the unofficial transcript of his talks here pdf.
In lectures on gaia, latour turns toward a durkheimian politics of the. On gaia, see bruno latour s gifford lectures, available online. It can be live streamed here the first two lectures are summarized here by franklin ginn, a geographer at edinburgh. Eight lectures on the new climatic regime constitutes an extended reworking of bruno latour s 20 gifford lectures delivered at edinburgh university. Feb 04, 2020 t he philosopher bruno latour is a showman of difficult truths. Latour is a leading figure in sociology, anthropology, and science and technology studies, and he is the author of numerous books, including laboratory life, we have never been modern, and reassembling the social. A new enquiry into natural religion, which were given at university of edinburgh over the last few months are now on the web. Why gaia is not a god of totality bruno latour, 2017. Rain on arrakis im franklin ginn, a cultural geographer at. Jun 09, 2019 once registered, see and click on the latour course for direct links to his works in pdf form.
Feb 12, 20 1see bruno latour, kosmokoloss 20d, a radio play broadcast in germany in. Soylent green, the happening, 28 days, take shelter, the road, blindness, interstellar, snowpiercer. Latours gifford lectures text now available as pdf. Professor bruno latour the university of edinburgh.
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