Description: Moving beyond the modernist institutions of "mononaturalism" and "multiculturalism," Latour develops the idea of "multinaturalism," a complex collectivity determined not by outside experts claiming absolute reason but by "diplomats" who are flexible and open to experimentation.
Brief description: Bruno Latour was Professor Emeritus at Sciences Po Paris. He was the 2021 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy and was awarded the 2013 Holberg International Memorial Prize.
Review Quotes: This is much more than a reworking of politics. It is a sketch of a resolution of the perennial questions of what we know and what exists... Latour...can be infuriating. But he is never boring. Politics of Nature must be difficult because it challenges assumptions that are built into our languages, such as the hallowed distinction between 'facts' and 'values'... It is worth reading--twice.--Mike Holderness "New Scientist" (4/24/2004 12:00:00 AM)