Never modern, never human, always
post-Anthropocene? Latour, Haraway and Colebrook: assembling conversations (as) becoming knowledge Cover Image

Never modern, never human, always post-Anthropocene? Latour, Haraway and Colebrook: assembling conversations (as) becoming knowledge
Never modern, never human, always post-Anthropocene? Latour, Haraway and Colebrook: assembling conversations (as) becoming knowledge

Author(s): Karijn Van den Berg
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Epistemology, Political Theory, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Central European University
Keywords: Anthropocene; discourse; feminist science studies; collective engagements;

Summary/Abstract: This article engages with Feminist Science Studies and knowledge production, and specifically focuses on different collective engagements by the authors Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway and Claire Colebrook. How do they use the word “we”, and who are they referring to, as they go into notions of modernity, humanity and the Anthropocene? What are the consequences of articulating a “we” when talking about topics such as the current geo-political situation? What collectivities and exclusions are created? Who has the power to define this “we” and who can talk for, about, or through it? This article positions the different scholars as in conversation, in exploring what kind of “we” they are talking about in their texts and how this “we” is constituted. As such it aims to demonstrate that this “we” is not always taken for granted and does not necessarily assume a unified human species as opposed to all other forms of being and mattering.

  • Issue Year: 4/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 44-56
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English