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The Prince and the Wolf: Latour and Harman at the LSE
Author(s): Bruno Latour (Author), Graham Harman (Author), Peter Erdelyi (Author)
- Publisher: Zero Books
- Publication Date: 29 July 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 153 pages
- ISBN-10: 1846944228
- ISBN-13: 9781846944222
Book Description
The Prince and the Wolf contains the transcript of a debate which took place on 5th February 2008 at the London School of Economics (LSE) between the prominent French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher Bruno Latour and the Cairo-based American philosopher Graham Harman. The occasion for the debate was the impending publication of Harman’s book, Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour and Metaphysics. During the discussion, Latour (the ‘Prince’) compared the professional philosophers who have pursued him over the years to a pack of wolves. The Prince and the Wolf is the story of what happens when the wolf catches up with the prince. Latour and Harman engage in brisk and witty conversation about questions that go to the heart of both metaphysics and research methodology: What are objects? How do they interact? And best how to study them?
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Too often debates are sterile. Each participant lines up behind the other, each with their own point of view. All is on show but nothing much happens. This debate is different. Something happened.” –(Nigel Thrift, University of Warwick)
“Many crucial things get exposed and made explicit here. A key access point to the Latourian moment.” –Fabian Muniesa, École des Mines de Paris
This is an especially welcome book. It is rare that one has the opportunity to be a near eye witness to a constructive and intellectually generous exchange of provocative ideas-in-the-making. Graham Harman, Bruno Latour and the assembled audience put on a great show. The exchange is fresh, laced with good humor, and informative. There is much to be learned here about empirical metaphysics-and collegiality. –(Michael Flower, Portland State University)
About the Author
Bruno Latour is Vice President for Research at Sciences Po, Paris and Professor associated with the Centre de sociologie des organisations (CSO). Graham Harman is Associate Provost for Research Administration and a member of the Department of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Peter Erdelyi is Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Marketing in the Business School at Bournemouth University and a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
