Critical Zones
The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth
$189.38
- Hardcover
560 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2021
Summary
Artists and writers portray the disorientation of a world facing climate change.
This monumental volume, drawn from a 2020 exhibition at the ZKM Center for Art and Media, portrays the disorientation of life in a world facing climate change. It traces this disorientation to the disconnection between two different definitions of the land on which modernizing humans live: the sovereign nation from which they derive their rights, and another one, hidden, from which they gain their wealth—…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262044455 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262044455 |
| Author: | Bruno Latour |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 2.53kg |
| Dimensions: | 318mm x 216mm |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A New York Times Best Art Book of 2020
A New York Times Best Art Book of 2020
“Critical Zones:The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth is therefore a remarkable oeuvre that guides us to landing, while fomenting critical and active thinking about the current crisis.”
—Constança Babo, PhD candidate in New Media Art at Universidade Nova de Lusófona, with CIC.Digital / ICNOVA, research fellow at ZKM | Hertz-Lab for the project Beyond Matter; Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts, vol. 14
About The Author
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of We Have Never Been Modern, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, Facing Gaia, Down to Earth, and many other books. He coedited (with Peter Weibel) the previous ZKM volumes Making Things Public, ICONOCLASH, and Reset Modernity!
Peter Weibel is Chairman and CEO of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. With Bruno Latour, he coedited ICONOCLASH and Making Things Public as well as other ZKM volumes, including, most recently, Sound Art and Global Activism.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.