An inquiry into modes of existence : An anthropology of the moderns / Bruno Latour ; translated by Catherine Porter
Imprint
Cambridge, MASS : Harvard University Press, 2013
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xxvii, 486 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Trusting institutions again? -- Defining the object of inquiry. -- Collecting documents for the inquiry. -- A perilous change of correspondence. -- Learning to make room. -- Removing some speech impediments. -- Correcting a slight defect in construction. -- Reinstituting the beings of metamorphosis. -- Making the beings of technology visible. -- Situating beings of fiction. -- Learning to respect appearances. -- Arranging the modes of existence. -- Welcoming the beings sensitive to the word. -- Invoking the phantoms of the political. -- The passage of law and quasi subjects. -- Speaking of organization in its own language. -- Mobilizing the beings of passionate interest. -- Intensifying the experience of scruples. -- Can we praise the civilization to come?