Rejoicing: Or the Torments of Religious Speech

by Bruno Latour

Book Overview

Bruno Latour's long term project is to compare the felicity and infelicity conditions of the different values dearest to the heart of those who have 'never been modern'. According to him, this is the only way to develop an anthropology of the Moderns. After his work on science, on technology and, more recently, on law, this book explores the truth conditions of religious speech acts.

Even though there is no question that religion is one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074566007X
• ISBN13: 9780745660073
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"