false 6581757 1 Prince of Networks is the first treatment of Bruno Latour specifically as a philosopher. It has been eagerly awaited by readers of both Latour and Harman since their public discussion at the London School of Economics in February 2008. Part One covers four key works that display Latour’s underrated contributions to metaphysics: Irreductions, Science in Action, We Have Never Been Modern, and Pandora’s Hope. Harman contends that Latour is one of the central figures of contemporary philosophy, with a highly original ontology centered in four key concepts: actants, irreduction, translation, and alliance. In Part Two, Harman summarizes Latour’s most important philosophical insights, including his status as the first ‘secular occasionalist.’ The problem of translation between entities is no longer solved by the fiat of God (Malebranche) or habit (Hume), but by local mediators. Working from his own ‘object-oriented’ perspective, Harman also criticizes the Latourian focus on the relational character of actors at the expense of their cryptic autonomous reality. This book forms a remarkable interface between Latour’s Actor-Network Theory and the Speculative Realism of Harman and his confederates. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with the emergence of new trends in the humanities following the long postmodernist interval. 'Graham Harman does for Bruno Latour what Deleuze did for Foucault. Rather than a recounting of Latour’s impressive sociological analyses, Harman approaches Latour as a philosopher, offering a new realist object-oriented metaphysic capable of sustaining contemporary thought well into the next century. What ensues is a lively and productive debate between rival, yet sympathetic, orientations of object-oriented philosophy between two of our most highly original, daring, and creative philosophers, giving us a text destined to have a major impact on contemporary philosophical thought and providing exciting avenues beyond reigning deadlocks that haunt philosophy today.' Professor Levi R. Bryant (Collin College), author of Difference and Givenness: Deleuze's Transcendental Empiricism and the Ontology of Immanence. 'Graham Harman’s book Prince of Networks is a wonderfully eloquent exposition of the metaphysical foundations of Latour’s work. This is not an introduction to Latour. It is rather a skilful and penetrating interpretation of his work, as well as a insightful Heideggerian critique. At last somebody has taken Latour to heart and to task. I cannot imagine a more forceful, incisive and lucid analysis of the foundations of Latour’s work than this one.' Professor Lucas D. Introna (Lancaster University) 6775201 25 6 2009 Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour and Metaphysics (Anamnesis) total:4|5:1|4:3|3:0|2:0|1:0| 4 17 14 3 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:45:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:54:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 19:47:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:49:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 09 06:14:19 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 06:14:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 01 10:22:37 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 10:22:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 12:25:03 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 12:25:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 19:28:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 19:28:09 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 10:30:26 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:30:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 14:14:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 14:15:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 17:08:14 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:08:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 09:44:31 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 09:44:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 23:16:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:20:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 23:16:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 14:54:51 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 14:54:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 23 23:36:30 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 23:36:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 08 17:01:47 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 17:31:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6581757