TY - GEN AB - Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a lover of science and technology, co-founder of actor-network theory, and philosopher of a modernity that had "never been modern." In the meantime he is regarded not just as one of the most intelligent-and also popular-exponents of science studies but also as a major innovator of the social sciences, an exemplary wanderer who walks the line between the sciences and the humanities.This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the Latourian oeuvre, from his early anthropological studies in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), to influential books like Laboratory Life and Science in Action, and his most recent reflections on an empirical metaphysics of "modes of existence." In the course of this enquiry it becomes clear that the basic problem to which Latour's work responds is that of social tradition, the transmission of experience and knowledge. What this empirical philosopher constantly grapples with is the complex relationship of knowledge, time, and culture. AU - Schmidgen, Henning, AU - Custance, Gloria, CN - K370 DO - 10.1515/9780823263721 DO - doi ID - 1477681 JF - Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 JF - Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 KW - Law KW - Anthropology. KW - Philosophy & Theory. KW - Science Studies. KW - SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects. KW - Actor-Network Theory. KW - Bruno Latour. KW - Contemporary Philosophy. KW - French Theory. KW - Sociology of Science. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823263721 N2 - Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a lover of science and technology, co-founder of actor-network theory, and philosopher of a modernity that had "never been modern." In the meantime he is regarded not just as one of the most intelligent-and also popular-exponents of science studies but also as a major innovator of the social sciences, an exemplary wanderer who walks the line between the sciences and the humanities.This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the Latourian oeuvre, from his early anthropological studies in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), to influential books like Laboratory Life and Science in Action, and his most recent reflections on an empirical metaphysics of "modes of existence." In the course of this enquiry it becomes clear that the basic problem to which Latour's work responds is that of social tradition, the transmission of experience and knowledge. What this empirical philosopher constantly grapples with is the complex relationship of knowledge, time, and culture. SN - 9780823263721 T1 - Bruno Latour in Pieces :An Intellectual Biography / TI - Bruno Latour in Pieces :An Intellectual Biography / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823263721 ER -