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Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime by Bruno Latour
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
While looking into geopolitics and the effect of the pandemic on the world I came across Bruno Latour's interview in the Guardian. Eventually, I picked up Down To Earth. The whole message of this book is how we have arrived at today's world because of the mounting technological progress, immigration pressure, and populist uprisings all accelerating climate change at an unprecedented rate. The Earth seems no longer shared as a home to all citizens but fought upon by drawing more boundaries than ever. Latour inspires that it is finally time to give up on the fight of right vs left and come to alternative strategies and think about our place back to the Terrestrial, the earth, shared. A balance between rational and moderation. Centrists will adore this book but eventually, Latour doesn't provide 'solutions'.
Some background on Latour: The sensational French philosopher was all in the news in the 1970s when he argued that scientific facts are not solely objective realities but a product of the scientific community. Opposed by many scientists and purists who think scientific facts are impervious to social constructs, Latour did an extensive study with actual lab technicians, students, and researchers and laid out the process by which any fact is produced and published. He argued that the gap between the sciences and the public is that the laboratory life is invisible from the public eye. Now after decades with anti-maskers on road, Latour's work has found meaning as to why a vast section of society is sceptical of proven scientific facts.
Some background on Latour: The sensational French philosopher was all in the news in the 1970s when he argued that scientific facts are not solely objective realities but a product of the scientific community. Opposed by many scientists and purists who think scientific facts are impervious to social constructs, Latour did an extensive study with actual lab technicians, students, and researchers and laid out the process by which any fact is produced and published. He argued that the gap between the sciences and the public is that the laboratory life is invisible from the public eye. Now after decades with anti-maskers on road, Latour's work has found meaning as to why a vast section of society is sceptical of proven scientific facts.