Bruno Latour
French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist of science; a leading figure in science and technology studies and developer of actor–network theory; author of works including Laboratory Life, Science in Action, We Have Never Been Modern, and Reassembling the Social.
Books
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1. Onde Aterrar? Como Se Orientar Politicamente No Antropoceno
Como Se Orientar Politicamente No Antropoceno
An urgent rethinking of political orientation for the Anthropocene, the book argues that traditional left–right categories and nation-state frameworks are inadequate for addressing entangled ecological and social crises; it calls for re-grounding politics in shared attachments to a common world, recognizing the agencies of nonhumans, and building new forms of collective representation and institutions that can mediate competing claims, negotiate trade-offs, and enable a cosmopolitics capable of governing planetary constraints while preserving democratic accountability.
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2. Facing Gaia
Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
A provocative set of meditations arguing that the onset of the new climatic regime forces a radical rethinking of politics, science and modernity: the Earth must be acknowledged as an active agent that dissolves the nature/society split, compels collective responsibility, and requires new forms of territorialized, experimental politics rather than abstract universalism, denial, or fatalism. The book reframes the climate crisis as a matter of reassembling attachments and institutions — creating democratic forums that include nonhuman agencies, inventing modes of composure and accountability, and reorienting governance toward concrete localities and shared vulnerabilities so societies can respond to planetary transformations.
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