Bruno Latour’s long term project is to compare the felicity and
infelicity conditions of the different values dearest to the heart of
those who have ‘never been modern’. According to him, this is the
only way to develop an anthropology of the Moderns. After his work on
science, on technology and, more recently, on law, this book explores
the truth conditions of religious speech acts. Even though there is no
question that religion is one of the values that has been intensely
cherished in the course of history, it’s also clear that it has
become immensely difficult to tune in to its highly specific mode of
enunciation. Every effort to speak in the right key sounds awkward,
reactionary, pious or simply empty. Hence the necessity of devising a
way of writing that brings to the fore this elusive form of speech to
render it audible again. In this highly original book, the author
offers a completely different tack on the endless ‘science and
religion’ conflict by protecting them both from the confusion with
the notion of information. Like The Making of Law, this book is one
more attempt at developing this ‘inquiry on modes of existence’
that provides an alternative definition of society.
Les mer
Or the Torments of Religious Speech
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780745671338
Publisert
2014
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Wiley Professional, Reference & Trade (Wiley K&L)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Antall sider
200
Forfatter