Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour and Metaphysics (Anamnesis)

Bruno Latour did more than any 20th century philosopher to take humanist thought about things other than human as seriously as necessary for a sincere and careful understanding of things than the 20th century’s established wisdom could provide. Harman, while not agreeing with Latour’s method completely, likes it a great deal, since he is able to use it as a line of flight from the limited materialist/idealist doldrums we have been stuck in since Kant. Harman’s double-edged prose—often cleanly accessible, but vividly metaphorical when this is helpful— is an excellent translation of Latour’s metaphysics through the mind of a critic who wants what he criticizes to succeed.

Beautifully clearly written and wonderfully opinionated guide to Latour.