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Informationen zum Autor Bruno Latour was Professor Emeritus at Sciences Po Paris. He was the 2021 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy and was awarded the 2013 Holberg International Memorial Prize. Alan Sheridan is the author of Michel Foucault: The Will to Truth . He has also translated over 50 books, including works by Sartre, Lacan, and Foucault. Klappentext Almost every town in France has a street named for Louis Pasteur¿but did he alone stop people from spitting, persuade them to dig drains, influence them to get vaccinated? Latour makes the case that Pasteur¿s success depended upon a network of forces including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession, and colonial interests. Zusammenfassung Almost every town in France has a street named for Louis Pasteur—but did he alone stop people from spitting, persuade them to dig drains, influence them to get vaccinated? Latour makes the case that Pasteur’s success depended upon a network of forces including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession, and colonial interests. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1: WAR AND PEACE OF MICROBES Introduction. Materials and Methods 1. Strong Microbes and Weak Hygienists 2. You Will Be Pasteurs of Microbes 3. Medicine at Last 4. Transition PART 2: IRREDUCTIONS Introduction 1. From Weakness to Potency 2. Sociologics 3. Anthropologics 4. Irreduction of "The Sciences" Bibliography Notes Figures Index
