Fascinating stuff -- thanks, Dominic. (I think his aspersions are rather
more widely cast than merely at the neo-con right; certainly the object >
thing > object move is classic Latour)
P
BTW, Patrick I'm in the pro-princess camp -- its presence is what draws
attention to its possible absence
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> Subject: Latour reconsiders
>
> Progenitor of "science studies" looks aghast at the right's
> co-optation of "postmodern" skepticism (e.g. wrt climate change,
> evolution...):
>
> http://www.ensmp.fr/~latour/articles/article/089.html
>
> Do not underestimate the power of the dark side. (Write it a
> hundred times).
>
> Dominic
>
> --
> Shall we be pure or impure? Today
> we shall be very pure. It must always
> be possible to contain
> impurities in a pure way.
> --Tarmo Uustalu and Varmo Vene
>
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