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
Latour, Bruno
Seguin, Eve
Fuller, Steven
Becerra, Javier Andrés Jiménez
María Belén Albornoz
Simons, Massimiliano
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Science and politics
Science studies, theoretical works
Actor-network theory
Philosophers of science, modern
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
Ontario (Canada)
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