CONFERENCE 3/3 'Michel Serres and Bruno Latour in conversation'

3/3
24 May 2024
13h-15h: Styles of writing and performing
- Henriette Korthals Altes (Maison Française d’Oxford): 'What language do the things of the world speak?'
- Frédérique Aït-Touati (EHESS, Paris): FIC and fables: Uses of Literature in Michel Serres and Bruno Latour’s Works
- Simon Schaffer (Darwin College, Cambridge) The Balance and the Network
Moderator: Arto Charpentier (ENS Paris)
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Conveners:
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent [e-mail]
Henriette Korthals Altes [e-mail]
With the generous support of the Fondation Michel Serres-Institut de France
'Eclaircissements' (Conversations on Science, Culture and Time) is the original title of the volume of five dialogues between Michel Serres and Bruno Latour published in 1992. Widely translated, this book reflects a time of intense and joyous dialogue and sharing ideas. This conference aims to shed new light on their philosophical dialogue and explore how their views compare, clash, dovetail and are mutually enriching. How do, for instance, The Natural Contract and Politics of Nature, Biogea and Gaia, echo each other. This conference seeks to examine the legacy of Michel Serres in the light of his relation to Bruno Latour and identify continuities and fault lines between the two oeuvres. Beyond the question of legacy, the conference hopes to bring to the fore how both challenged modern categories to reconnect philosophy with the urgent questions concerning the Earth. The conference will also explore how their respective philosophical practices, as they break away from the traditional codes of academic writing, fashioned an idiosyncratic style of their own that allowed them to engage a larger readership and audience.
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