Bruno Latour

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French person anthropologist human philosopher science and technology studies scholar sociologist

Bruno Latour was a French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist best known for his work in science and technology studies and for developing actor-network theory, which rethinks the relationships between humans, nonhumans, and scientific knowledge.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French person → anthropologist → human → philosopher → science and technology studies scholar → sociologist →
academicDegree	PhD in philosophy →
almaMater	Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris NERFINISHED →
awardReceived	2013 Holberg Prize → Chevalier of the Legion of Honour → French National Order of Merit → Holberg Prize → Siegfried Unseld Prize →
birthName	Bruno Latour →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1947-06-22 →
dateOfDeath	2022-10-09 →
educatedAt	Lycée Henri-IV →
employer	Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation → Sciences Po NERFINISHED → École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales NERFINISHED → École des Mines de Paris →
fieldOfWork	anthropology → philosophy → science and technology studies → social theory → sociology →
hasChild	one son →
influenced	actor-network theory scholars → environmental humanities → political ecology → science and technology studies →
influencedBy	Gabriel Tarde → Ludwik Fleck → Michel Serres → Émile Durkheim →
knownFor	actor-network theory → constructivist studies of scientific facts → laboratory ethnography → political ecology → science and technology studies →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → French →
mainInterest	modernity → philosophy of science → political ecology → sociology of science → technology studies →
movement	actor-network theory → constructivism in sociology of science → science and technology studies →
name	Bruno Latour →
notableIdea	actor-network theory → modes of existence → parliament of things → reassembling the social as networks of associations → we have never been modern →
notableWork	An Inquiry into Modes of Existence → Aramis, or the Love of Technology → Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime → Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts → Pandora’s Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies → Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy → Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory → Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society → The Pasteurization of France → We Have Never Been Modern →
placeOfBirth	Beaune, France →
placeOfDeath	Paris, France →
positionHeld	director of Sciences Po médialab → professor → vice-president for research at Sciences Po →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Chantal Latour →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred North Whitehead → Pierre Bourdieu → Thomas Kuhn →	influenced
Bruno Latour →	birthName
Bruno Latour →	name