| LC control no. | n 79026168 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Latour, Bruno |
| Variant(s) | Latour, B. (Bruno) Latur, Bruno |
| Other standard no. | 0000000121472849 |
| Associated country | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Associated place | La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Tours (France) |
| Birth date | 1947-06-22 |
| Death date | 2022-10-09 |
| Place of birth | Beaune (France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Philosophy |
| Affiliation | Institut d'études politiques de Paris Salk Institute for Biological Studies Université de Tours Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Centre de sociologie de l'innovation |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Philosophers Sociologists Anthropologists |
| Found in | Science in the making, c1979: t.p. (Bruno Latour) Les microbes, 1984: t.p. (Bruno Latour) cover p. 4 (b. 1947) Arvanitis, R. Evaluation des politiques publiques de la recherche et de la technologie, c1986: t.p. (B. Latour) Bruno Latur, 2015. Author's website, October 1, 2020: (Bruno Latour; professor emeritus of Science Po Paris; bruno.latour@sciencespo.fr; professor affiliated with the Centre de sociologie de l'Innovation at the Ecole nationale supérieure des mines in Paris (1982-2006) and Sciences Po Paris (2006-2017); has studied philosophy and anthropology; coauthor of Évaluation des politiques publiques de la recherche et de la technologie; Ph.D. in philosophy, Université de Tours (1975); Ph.D. from EHESS (1987)) <http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/uploads/A-CV-TOTAL_4.pdf> Encyclopedia Britannica website, October 1, 2020: (Bruno Latour; born June 22, 1947 in Beaune, France; French sociologist and anthropologist known for his innovative and iconoclastic work in the study of science and technology in society; early studies were in philosophy and theology, but his interests expanded to include anthropology and the philosophy of science and technology while he was stationed in Côte d'Ivoire for military service in the early 1970s; Ph.D. in philosophy, Université de Tours (1975); his book Laboratory Life (1979) (written with Steven Woolgar, a sociologist) was the result of more than a year spent observing molecular biologists at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences in La Jolla, California; author of several works including Les microbes; Aramis; ou, l'amour des techinques (1992; Aramis; or, The love of technology) (traces a failed attempt to construct an automated personal rapid transit system in Paris); Politiques de la nature (1999; The politics of nature) (an examination of the connections between nature, science, and politics); Sur le culte moderne des dieux faitiches (2009; On the modern cult of the factish gods) (draws connections between religious and scientific belief systems); and Enquête sur les modes d'existence (2012; An inquiry into modes of existence)) <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bruno-Latour> La fabbrica del diritto, 2020: (Italian transl. of La fabrique du droit) Wikipedia, viewed November 27, 2023 (Bruno Latour; born June 22, 1947 in Beaune, France; died October 9, 2022 in Paris, France; philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist; especially known for work in the field of science and technology studies (STS); tought at the École des Mines de Paris (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation) from 1982 to 2006; professor at Sciences Po Paris (2006-2017), where scientific director of the Sciences Po Medialab; retired from several university activities in 2017; also a centennial professor at the London School of Economics) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Latour> |
| Associated language | eng fre |
| Invalid LCCN | n 79004602 |
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