Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy
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Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks the relationship between science, politics, and democracy by proposing new ways to include scientific and nonhuman actors in collective decision-making.
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Target entity: Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy Context triple: [Bruno Latour, notableWork, Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy]
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A.
The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
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The Value of Science
The Value of Science is an influential philosophical work by Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
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Scientific Man vs. Power Politics
Scientific Man vs. Power Politics is a seminal 1946 work of political theory by Hans Morgenthau that critiques rationalist and scientific approaches to politics and lays foundations for classical realism in international relations.
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Field Notes on Democracy
Field Notes on Democracy is a collection of political essays by Arundhati Roy that critiques contemporary Indian democracy, nationalism, and state power.
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy Target entity description: Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks the relationship between science, politics, and democracy by proposing new ways to include scientific and nonhuman actors in collective decision-making.
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A.
The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
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B.
The Value of Science
The Value of Science is an influential philosophical work by Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
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C.
Scientific Man vs. Power Politics
Scientific Man vs. Power Politics is a seminal 1946 work of political theory by Hans Morgenthau that critiques rationalist and scientific approaches to politics and lays foundations for classical realism in international relations.
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D.
Field Notes on Democracy
Field Notes on Democracy is a collection of political essays by Arundhati Roy that critiques contemporary Indian democracy, nationalism, and state power.
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E.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| advocates |
collective experimentation
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expansion of democratic participation ⓘ inclusion of scientific and non-scientific actors ⓘ |
| author | Bruno Latour ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
bifurcation of nature and society
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scientism ⓘ technocracy ⓘ traditional distinction between facts and values ⓘ |
| field |
environmental humanities
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political theory ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | monograph ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on ecological democracy
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political ecology scholarship ⓘ theory of environmental governance ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics
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science and technology studies researchers ⓘ students of philosophy ⓘ students of political science ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
democratic theory
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environmental politics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ political ecology ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ science and politics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
concept of a collective including humans and nonhumans
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rethinking the role of science in democracy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Politiques de la nature ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
actor-network theory
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constructivism ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ |
| proposes |
new constitution for nature and society
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procedures for composing a common world ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts
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surface form:
Laboratory Life
Pandora's Hope ⓘ We Have Never Been Modern ⓘ |
| theme |
collective decision-making
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critique of modernity ⓘ inclusion of nonhumans in politics ⓘ parliament of things ⓘ political representation of nonhumans ⓘ redefinition of nature ⓘ relationship between science and democracy ⓘ role of experts in democracy ⓘ |
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