Prof. Bruno Latour - 'Once Out of Nature' - Natural Religion as a Pleonasm
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- Professor Bruno Latour delivers the Gifford Lecture series entitled "Facing Gaia. A new enquiry into Natural Religion".
Lecture 1: 'Once Out of Nature' - Natural Religion as a Pleonasm
The set of questions around the two words "natural religion" implies that only the second word is a coded and thus a disputed category, the first one being taken for granted and uncoded. But if it can be shown that the very notion of nature is a theological construct, we might be able to shift the problem somewhat: the question becomes not to save or resurrect "natural religion", but to dispose of it by offering at last a ''secular'' version of nature and of the natural sciences.
Recorded on Monday 18 February 2013 at St Cecilia's Hall, the University of Edinburgh.
These comments and responses show so clearly how much we need public intellectuals but how difficult it is to educate people used to sound bites. It is so easy to reject new ideas that do not repeat familiar perspectives delivered in amusing video-genic ways. Actually learning a new way of thinking is threatening, something we see so clearly in the comments here. Learning takes time and effort - just like working out to get fit. Gaining a new way of thinking is difficult, not something you "deserve" because you tried to understand this lecture. You are the one who benefits from learning. The work is your job, not Latour's. Learning a new perspective is just as time-consuming and rewarding as running a marathon under 3:30 or working through a problem with a troubled friend (except in this example you are the friend). And as to the person concerned about the French accent -- Latour's spoken English is better than my spoken French. I always appreciate French listeners who enjoy my accent and work to understand my thoughts rather than laugh at my pronunciation.
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This is true to an extent, in the same way that it is also true to an extent that theories can be presented without being dumbed down while simultaneously being communicated more clearly
I agree with this so much. When you learn a persons perspective, you learn just that their perspective internally your perspective must meet this perspective and see where the gaps are. a more observational approach is helpful for gaining more understanding. Instead of trying to disprove ideas just accept that they exist for a reason. To solve a problem. Its life threatening to accept mystery where you have after you have gained understanding through experience. Gaining perspective is literally like seeing a different side of an object. If you turn the object over and don't see their perspective, maybe its a case of "my sheep know my voice" or maybe you just see it but in a different way...
What a wonderful lecture and scholar
Monsieur Latour, J'adorerai vous indiquer quelques 'trucs' de prononciation. Ne tombez pas dans ce défaut de tous les intellos francais qui malgré leur intellectuel 'brilliance', pensent qu'ils peuvent parler anglais sans trop se soucier de leur prononciation.
I couldn't understand his english.......a native french speaking man in scotland trying desperately to be an Intlectual...so i turned oin closed caption..OMG closed caption on utub...a waiste. ..what is it with closed caption???? many of the words are just sssssssoooooooooooo wrong??
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Come on people, none of this makes the slightiest sense. I mean he is clearly describing a magic system, yet claims it is a religion and work with it that way. He doesn't even distinguish between nature and the study of nature. When his argumentation stops making sense, he calls it a "very spiritual form of contradiction, a surprising form of piety". That's pure bullshit, this guy's a mess. Worst spent hour since reading Rawls.
Ahahaha you're so mad because you don't understand.
Here, here! I would have thought that most examples of continental philosophy are the very epitome of pleonasm- eons of impenetrable verbosity and mind numbing waft.
Vikt0rEremita maybe :) nevertheless, I still fail to see the relevance of the lecture.. what does it bring to mankind? Does it expand our understanfing in any way?
He tries to make the bases on wich every one could talk with each other.
I admit his english is hard to understand. His thinking is really an amazing view of our world and I cannot recommand anything else than trying to continue to try to understand what he's saying ! Perhaps starting with some easier writings will help I an suggest : "We Have Never Been Modern".
@@Vikt0rEremita it's so bad