This article sheds new light on bruno latours sociology of science and technology by looking at his early study of the french writer, philosopher and editor charles peguy 18731914. A few steps toward an anthropology of the iconoclastic gesture. This is the most unusual and riskiest part of the inquiry. Beyond the image wars in science, religion and art bruno latour, peter weibel on free shipping on qualifying offers. For instance, bruno latour argues that scientific iconoclasmswhich he terms iconoclashes so as to highlight.
Bruno latour is professor at sciences po paris and director of the tarde program theory of actornetwork and research in digital environments. E s s a y r e v i e w icons, frames, and language games. Iconoclash is when there is an uncertainty about what is committed when an image from science. This article seeks to explain these contradictions by approaching them through bruno latours notion of the iconoclash, a term he uses to describe the interpretive uncertainty that so often surrounds the act of breaking of images and icons. Onwhathappenedtotheavantgardeandcritiquegenerally,seeiconoclash. Indeed, his writings chart the course of this newly emergent discipline. He is especially known for his work in the field of science and technology studies sts.
For instance, bruno latour argues that scientific iconoclasmswhich he terms iconoclashes so as to highlight their contestation differentiate facts scientific. Also important to the notion is the role of network objects in helping to smooth out the translation process by creating equivalencies between what would otherwise be very challenging people, organizations or conditions to mesh together. It might be to get rid of something that is an offense to ones values, to give way to some other greater and better image, or perhaps to dispense entirely with any form. Beyond the image wars in science, religion, and art. Duke university press on the modern cult of the factish gods.
This article explores the importance of french thinker, bruno latour, for academic philosophy and addresses the question of why, when he has an enthusiastic following in a range of disciplines. Iconoclasm is when an image or a representation is smashed to pieces. He coedited with peter weibel the previous zkm volumes making things public, iconoclash, and reset modernity. In iconoclash, beyond the imagewars in science, religion and art edited by peter weibel and bruno latour, zkm and mit press, pp. This curatorial team sought to present image wars in these three realms, demonstrating both the urge to create and the desire to destroy images icon worship and iconoclasm. Galison, and the austrian theoristartist peter weibel curated an influential exhibition, which explored the range of. The concept of iconoclasm entails a contestation overand destruction ofimages coinciding with a belief in the fallacious nature of their representation. Editors bruno latour bruno latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of we have never been modern, an inquiry into modes of existence, facing gaia, down to earth, and many other books. On the modern cult of the factish gods bruno latour. Beyond the image wars in science, religion and art latour, bruno, weibel, peter on.
An anthropology of the moderns, catherine porter tr. Bruno latour, on the modern cult of the factish gods michael m. Reassembling the social an introduction to actornetworktheory bruno latour science, innovation, and economic growth forthcoming walter w. Bruno latour the paper explores one after the other the four difficulties of actornetwork theory, that is the words actor, network and theorywithout forgetting the hyphen. Pdf image to destroy, indestructible image, in iconoclash. The aim is not just to investigate by increasing the number of openings, as in the second stage, but to be able to come to some kind of provisional conclusions that will be a function of progress made between the interim report of 2012 and the status of the ongoing questions that will have come to light in the process. His work has hovered on the edges of critical theory in the humanities, but has never quite been subsumed into that generic french.
A typical iconoclash this image comes from a video. Bruno latour 1947 is a sociologist of science best known for his books we have never been modern, laboratory life, and science in action. Powell the logic of position, the measure of leadership position and information in the market forthcoming joel podolny global companies in the 20th century forthcoming leslie hannah. Bruno latour, born in 1947 in beaune, burgundy, from a wine grower family, was trained first as a philosopher and then an anthropologist. T h ey are m ad ly h ittin g th e glass th at sp lin ters in every. Year of birth, place 1947, beaune, france lives and works in paris, france biography. Zkmcenter for art and media, karlsruhe, cambridge, mass.
Bruno latours on the modern cult of the factish gods durham, nc. Pdf iconoclash in the age of heritage peter probst academia. Bruno latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of reassembling the social. Programa forte em sociologia do conhecimento e teoria atorrede. Rhetoric and demonstration reenactment at beaubourg. Taken aback by this strange query, latour offers his meticulous response in pandoras hope. Beyond the image wars in science, religion, and art, ed. Bruno latour and peter weibel exhibition catalogue. Iconoclash ist keine kunstausstellung, keine ausstellung uber. This unusual exhibition builds on the iconoclash exhibition zkm 2002, which dealt with the crisis of representation in art, whereas making things public tackles the problem of representation in politics. He curated the zkm exhibits iconoclash and making things public and coedited the accompanying catalogs, both published. Beyond the image wars in science, religion and art, edited by latour and peter weibel of the zkm. Bruno latour, a professor at sciences po, has received a research grant from the european research council erc for the purpose of exploring and proposing a new description of what is meant by the phrase to modernize. It is a remarkable argument for understanding the reality of science in practical terms.
From mattersof fact to mattersof concern bruno latour wars. Mar 02, 2019 bruno bettelheim the informed heart pdf the informed heart on free shipping on qualifying offers. Beyond the image wars in science, religion and art, em 2002, no center for new art and. The exhibition making things public addresses the challenge of renewing politics by applying to it the spirit of art and science.
In iconoclash, beyond the imagewars in science, religion and art edited by peter weibel and. For a wellcited exhibition catalog, bruno latour coined the term iconoclash. On the modern cult of the factish gods by bruno latour, 9780822348252, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Hooligans dressed in red, with helmets and axes are smashing the reinforced window that is protecting a precious work of art. H o o ligan s d ressed in red, w ith h elm ets an d ax es are sm ash in g th e reinforced window that is protecting a precious work of art. On the modern cult of the factish gods science and cultural. There he redescribed the enlightenment idea of universal scientific truth, arguing that there are no facts separable from their fabrication. The exhibit aims to display, in a systematic confrontation, three great clashes about representation about its necessity, sanctity, and power in the domains of science, art, and religion. Making, breaking, loving, and hating images university of st. They are madly hitting the glass that splinters in every. Bruno latour spoke about this particular task of objects in his work reassembling the social 2005.
Beyond the image wars in science, religion and art. Abstract iconoclasm is when there is a clear intent for the destruction or the demise of an image. Bruno latours thesen zu ikonoklastischen haltungen. Bruno latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of we have never been modern, an inquiry into modes of existence, facing gaia, down to earth, and many other books. Iconoclash in the age of heritage mit press journals. Image wars are everywhere, from the taliban destruction of the buddhas to the doubts about scientific imagery, through the debunking of media powerful manipulations. An introduction to actornetwork theory, our modern cult of the factish gods, an inquiry into modes of existence, and many other books. In parallel with the empirical work pursued for almost 30 years on the sociotechnical networks of science, the author has systematically pursued a philosophical inquiry to compare different ways of producing truth science and technology being only two ways among several. Image to destroy, indestructible image, in iconoclash. Reviewed by val dusek, the university of new hampshire. On the modern cult of the factish gods continues the project that the influential anthropologist, philosopher, and science studies theorist bruno latour advanced in his book we have never been modern. Galison, and the austrian theorist artist peter weibel curated an influential exhibition, which explored the range of.
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