On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods

by Bruno Latour

Book Overview

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 . There he redescribed the Enlightenment idea of universal scientific truth, arguing that there are no facts separable from their fabrication. In this concise work, Latour delves into the "belief in naive belief," the suggestion that fetishes--objects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082234825X
• ISBN13: 9780822348252
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"