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War of the Worlds: What about Peace?

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Bruno Latour is best known for his work in the cultural study of science. In this pamphlet he turns his attention to another worthy the project of peace. As one might expect, Latour gives us a radically different picture of this project than Kant or the philosophes , asserting that the West has been in a constant state of war both with other cultures and its own—although unwittingly so. Read through the lens of his trademark take on "the modern," his arguments are original, thoughtful, and, as usual, provocative.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

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Bruno Latour

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Bruno Latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory, Our Modern Cult of the Factish Gods, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, and many other books. He curated the ZKM exhibits ICONOCLASH and Making Things Public and coedited the accompanying catalogs, both published by the MIT Press.

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January 1, 2019
قمت بعرض هذا الكتاب في صف عن الحرب، السلام، والقوة..
استمعت بعرض الكتاب بقدر ما استمتعت بقراءته فلقد قمت بلعب دور الكاتب كمضيف لكل التلاميذ الذين لعبوا دور الجهات الدولية التي تساهم في الحرب بطريقة مباشرة أو غير مباشرة..
يشرح الكاتب كيف أننا لا يمكن أن نصل للسلام ما دمنا لا نعترف بوجود حرب بين تلك المجتمعات المختلفة..
يطرح بعداً فلسفياً يصعب علينا، نحن من نعيش العالمية، أن نفهم أننا مختلفون ومتشابهون..
اختلافنا سيؤدي لحروب ستؤدي لاحقاً للسلام..
لا أن نفترض سلاماً دائماً يعكره بعض الطغاة..
بل أننا في حلقة دائماً من السلام إلى الحرب ثم السلام مجدداً..
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