Article ID: CBB262484058

Latour and Schmitt: Political Theology and Science (2023)

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In this article the nature of Bruno Latour's relation to Carl Schmitt is discussed, considering the point by point revisions of Schmitt offered by Latour and his references to Schmitt. These turn out to be plentiful and illuminating. Yet the nature of Latour's revision and its implications are obscure. The implications of his notion of cosmopolitics for political theory are minimal, and in other respects the Schmittian picture is unchanged. Unlike Schmitt, who embeds political theory in political theology, and presents a political theology in order to problematize political theory, but provides a meta-theology, Latour presents an alternative political theology, and not a meta-theology.

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Authors & Contributors
Seguin, Eve
Bates, David W.
Fuller, Steven
García Díaz, Paloma
Guilhot, Nicolas
Halewood, Michael
Journals
Perspectives on Science
History of the Human Sciences
Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Foundations of Science
Concepts
Science and politics
Philosophy of science
Science studies, theoretical works
Science and technology studies (STS)
Sociology of knowledge
Cybernetics
People
Latour, Bruno
Schmitt, Carl
Stengers, Isabelle
Aristotle
Haraway, Donna Jeanne
Heidegger, Martin
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
Ontario (Canada)
France
Germany
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