Terre (2/2). Le tout et les parties.
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.02.2023
For some, the Earth is a whole that stands as a principle of solidarity between all its cohabitants. Others see it rather as a piece of land that qualifies, or even identifies, those who live there; all the more so, it seems, because they were not born there.
So, if listening to the songs does not help to define the word 'nature', it is perhaps also because the interest of the term is not to have one. In this case, [...]
Terre (1/2)
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.01.2023
Although the 'cantography' of the Earth is not very abundant, it is sufficiently diverse to offer food for thought. Each song develops its own point of view on what it means by Earth. In this section, we have selected those that consider, sometimes implicitly, sometimes more directly, the relationship between the notions of planet, earth and world... A question of inhabiting, always with the theme of humanity as a final horizon! [...]
Bruno Latour. 2021. Où suis-je ? Leçons du confinement à l’usage des terrestres. Paris : La Découverte.
Olivier Lazzarotti | 28.09.2021
Reading the book “Where am I?” by Bruno Latour convinces that, at least as much as the ecological stake of the planet, it is indeed, in its fullness, the question of inhabiting it which is posed. Can ecological considerations, in particular the apocalyptic announcement of the end, be the exclusive inputs to this issue for all of humanity, that is, each and every one of its members, and well beyond? [...]
Corbin Alain. 2020. Terra Incognita. Une histoire de l’ignorance, XVIIIe-XIXe siècle. Paris : Albin Michel.
Olivier Lazzarotti | 17.03.2021
By the originality of the theme and the approach, the work covering the period 1755-1900, is indeed that of Alain Corbin. Passing the discussions on the notion of ignorance, it opens up to both fundamental and contemporary questions on human interrelationships as well as the predictability of the world. [...]
Lazzarotti, Olivier. 2017. Une place sur Terre ? Franz Schubert, de l'homme mort à l'habitant libre. Paris : H Diffusion.
Gabriel Dupuy | 21.06.2018
In this book Olivier Lazzarotti continues his reflection on man's geographical condition. The author sets the scene with the musician Franz Schubert. He describes the meanings of a new mobility that makes man free. [...]
Bourg, Dominique. 2018. Une nouvelle Terre. Paris : Éditions Desclée de Brouwer.
Augustin Berque | 20.06.2018
Dominique Bourg’s A New Earth shows that the modern ideal of mastering nature is ending in its contrary, a total loss of mastership. The reviewer agrees on the whole, but criticises Bourg’s conception of “natural given”, which implies determinism, whereas the relation at stake cannot be but contingent. [...]
Latour, Bruno. 2015. Face à Gaïa. Huit conférences sur le nouveau régime climatique. Paris : La Découverte.
Alexandre Rigal | 19.04.2016
This review describes the intellectual battle that Bruno Latour engages against the Moderns in his new book Face à Gaïa, huit conferences sur le nouveau régime climatique. He uses the icon of Gaia as a weapon since, in his eyes, she can revitalize the Earth by inviting us to modify our representations of the creatures that compose it. The Moderns need to take earthly beings more into account, but they lack access to them. This is why Latour includes [...]
