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Lupton, Christina, Silver, Sean and Sneed, Adam (2016) Introduction : Latour and eighteenth-century literary studies. Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, 57 (2). pp. 165-179. doi:10.1353/ecy.2016.0011 ISSN 0193-5380.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1353/ecy.2016.0011
Abstract
Bruno Latour’s formulation of modernity as a particular intertwining of persons and things has shaped recent efforts to rethink the legacy of the Enlightenment. What is more, Latour has often reverted to the eighteenth century as a site of origins—whether it is for the sort of practices that characterize the modern laboratory, the social formations that are the objects of Actor-Network Theory generally, and the kinds of false conceptual breaks that obscure the nature of these very formations and practices. Scholars studying the literature and arts of the long eighteenth century are therefore uniquely positioned to evaluate and engage with Latour’s most important contributions to modern thought. This introduction to a special issue of The Eighteenth Century discusses the development of Latour’s formulation of modernity, indicating its special relevance to eighteenth-century thought (and vice versa).
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism, Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy. | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation | ||||||
Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0193-5380 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 57 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 165-179 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1353/ecy.2016.0011 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 May 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 October 2017 | ||||||
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