BRUNO LATOUR: NEW CHALLENGES AND INSPIRATIONS IN POLITICAL ECOLOGY
BRUNO LATOUR: NEW CHALLENGES AND INSPIRATIONS IN POLITICAL ECOLOGY
Author(s): Ivan BurajSubject(s): Political Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: Bruno Latour; political ecology; politics; nature; humans; non-humans; common world;
Summary/Abstract: Political ecology is a recent development in contemporary scholarship. Contrary to popular belief, the French philosopher Bruno Latour was not its originator. Some scho- lars began to recognise that nature and politics were closely connected back to the time of Montesquieu. Nonetheless, Latour’s political ecology is original in that it features new or revamped concepts that lend it new content and meaning. It includes concepts such as ‘mode of existence,’ ‘actor/network,’ ‘humans’ and ‘non-humans,’ ‘terrestrial’ or ‘Earthbound,’ and offers a new interpretation of the concepts of nature and politics. These concepts are the focus of the first and second parts of the article. The final part looks at their practical application, particularly in connection with Latour’s idea of creating a common world fit for life, or at least survival.
Journal: Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Issue Year: 59/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 49-68
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English