14 Quotes by Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour, born on June 22, 1947, is a French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist known for his influential work in the field of science and technology studies. Latour's research focuses on the complex interactions between science, society, and the environment. He has contributed to the development of Actor-Network Theory, a framework that examines the social dynamics and networks of actors involved in scientific and technological processes. Latour's work challenges traditional understandings of scientific objectivity and highlights the social and cultural influences that shape scientific knowledge and practices.
He is known for his book "Science in Action" and his exploration of how science is constructed, contested, and influenced by various actors and interests. Latour's interdisciplinary approach and critical perspectives have had a profound impact on the philosophy of science and the study of scientific knowledge production. His work continues to inspire scholars and researchers in a wide range of fields, contributing to a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between science, society, and the environment.
Bruno Latour Quotes
India is a reservoir of alternative interpretations of what the global is, and these ways of viewing the world need to be exposed.
Change the instruments and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them
The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a few islands of calibrated and stabilized forms
Be not the one who debunks but the one who assembles, not the one who lifts the rugs from under the feet of the naive believers but the one who offers arenas in which to gather.
Technology is society made durable.
Reality is what resists. (Meaning)
Science does not enter a chaotic society to put order into it anymore, to simplify its composition, and to put an end to controversies. It does enter it, but to add new uncertain ingredients... to all the other ingredients that make up the collective experiments. When scientists add their findings to the mix, they do not put an end to politics; they add new ingredients to the collective process.
I have sought to offer humanists a detailed analysis of a technology sufficiently magnificent and spiritual to convince them that the machines by which they are surrounded are cultural artifacts worthy of their attention and respect.
My interest is that there is a disconnect between the science and the size of the threat that people mention about nature, the planet and the climate, and the emotion that this triggers. So we are supposed to be extremely frightened people, but despite that we appear to sleep pretty well.
You who are on the inside, don't condemn my lack of faith too quickly; you who are on the outside, don't be too quick to mock my over credulity; you who are indifferent, don't be too quick to wax ironic about my perpetual hesitations.
We would be better off thinking of nature as a tiger than as a docile and compliant automaton that can never threaten our survival.
Scientists are very much entangled in their culture and this culture is not pristine, untouched by other cultures and practices.
If one looks at the works of Newton to Einstein, they were never scientists in the way modernity understands the term.
The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics.
― Bruno Latour Quotes
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