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SUMMARY:Bruno Latour: &quot\;A Procedure to Reset Modernity: the Limits of
  a Method&quot\; - Bruno Latour\, Gerard de Vries
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:September 14 sees the launch of a "major new book":https://www
 .polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745650623 by the philosopher Gerard de Vrie
 s on the work of Bruno Latour.  To mark the event\, CRASSH is hosting a le
 cture by Professor Latour\, followed by the launch of the book and a moder
 ated conversation between him and Professor de Vries.  Afterwards there wi
 ll be a drinks reception in the Atrium of the Alison Richard building.  Al
 l welcome\, but it's important to register beforehand.\n\n*About the speak
 ers*\n\n*Bruno Latour* is a distinguished philosopher and an anthropologis
 t. From 1982 to 2006\, he was a professor at the _Centre de Sociologie de 
 l'Innovation_ at the _Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines_ in Paris and 
 has held visiting professorships at UCSD\, the London School of Economics 
 and in the History of Science department at Harvard\n\nSince 2006 he has b
 een professor at Sciences Po\, Paris and is now director of the Sciences P
 o médialab and  Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.  Recent works i
 nclude _Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory_\
 ,  _Our Modern Cult of the Factish Gods_\, _Rejoicing - Or the Torments of
  Religious Speech_ and _An Inquiry into Modes of Existence_.  He curated t
 he ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe exhibitions _ICONOCLASH (2002)_\
 ,  _Making Things Public_ (2005) and\, recently\,  _Reset Modernity!_  He 
 has also co-edited the accompanying catalogues\, which are published by MI
 T Press.\n\n*Gerard de Vries*  is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Scie
 nce at the University of Amsterdam.  From 2005 to 2015 he was a member of 
 the Council of the Netherlands "Scientific Council for Government Policy":
 http://www.wrr.nl/en/home/\, an independent think tank of the Dutch govern
 ment whose members include prominent social scientists\, economists\, and 
 legal scholars.\n\n*To reserve a place at this event* please click "here":
 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bruno-latour-a-procedure-to-reset-modernity
 -the-limits-of-a-method-tickets-27299832534
LOCATION:Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road:  SG1/2
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