Bruno Latour

2022 - 10 - 9

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Bruno Latour, French philosopher and anthropologist, dies aged 75 (The Guardian)

Latour was considered one of France's most influential and iconoclastic living philosophers, whose work on how humanity perceives the climate emergency won ...

He was under the impression that they did not believe in the laws of physics. As well as his prominent work in academic spheres, including teaching posts at the École des Mines de Paris, Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics, Latour was also involved in the artistic world. He told the Observer in 2020: “What we need is not only to modify the system of production but to get out of it altogether. A pioneer of science and technology studies, Latour argued that facts generally came about through interactions between experts, and were therefore socially and technically constructed. Latour dissected society’s different ways of understanding the climate emergency and communicating about it. Emmanuel Macron tweeted that as a thinker on ecology, modernity or religion, Latour was a humanist spirit who was recognised around the world before being recognised in France.

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French philosopher and anthropologist, Bruno Latour, passes away ... (Newsbook)

In a tweet, French president Emmanuel Macron, said that as a thinker on ecology, modernity or religion, Latour was a humanist spirit who was recognised around ...

In a series of lectures published in 2015, Latour looked at how the separation between nature and culture enables climate denial. His work on how humanity perceives the climate emergency has won him praise and the attention from around the world. Macron said his thoughts and writings would continue to inspire new connections to the world.

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Macron Pays Tribute to French Philosopher Bruno Latour (Sada El balad)

French President Emmanuel Macron paid a heartfelt tribute to philosopher and anthropologist Bruno Latour, who passed away aged 75.

“If I could change one thing, it would be to get out of the system of production and instead build a political ecology.” We should remember that this idea of framing everything in terms of the economy is a new thing in human history.” The French

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The philosopher Bruno Latour, a major figure in ecological thought ... (US Sports -)

A Haussmannian building, in the heart of the Latin Quarter. The tourist shops are a little further, the street is quiet, it's like being in the provinces.

The tourist shops are a little further, the street is quiet, it’s like being in the provinces. Translated into thirty languages including Mandarin, he was ranked in 2007 among the ten most cited researchers in the world in the human sciences. A Haussmannian building, in the heart of the Latin Quarter.

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President Macron hails inspirational French thinker Bruno Latour (RFI)

French president Emmanuel Macron led the tributes to the French philosopher and social scientist Bruno Latour who died on Sunday at the age of 75.

"France, the world and ecology are losing an immense intellectual. Born in 1947 in Beaune to a family of Burgundy wine merchants, Latour earned his PhD degree in philosophical theology at the University of Tours in 1975. Toutes mes pensées à sa famille.— Yannick Jadot (@yjadot) Penseur de l'écologie, de la modernité ou de la religion, Bruno Latour était un esprit humaniste et pluriel, reconnu dans le monde entier avant de l’être en France. La France, le monde et l’écologie perdent un immense intellectuel. French president Emmanuel Macron led the tributes to the French philosopher and social scientist Bruno Latour who died on Sunday at the age of 75.

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Bruno Latour, philosopher who questioned division between culture ... (ArtReview)

Bruno Latour, the French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist, has died. He was best known for his critique of the apparent division between nature ...

as that which opens to the multiplicity of existents, on the one hand, and to the multiplicity of ways they have of existing, on the other.’ in 2016; and Critical Zones: Observatories for Earthly Politics in 2020. Bruno Latour, the French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist, has died.

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