The apocalypse of Gaïa: cosmopolitics for the Anthropocene by Bruno Latour L'apocalypse de Gaïa: la cosmopolitique pour l'Anthropocène de Bruno Latour

Abstract

We live in a society which, like a Titanic on its way to meet its iceberg, persists in accelerating towards an uncontrollable catastrophe. The various signs of the "great acceleration"of the Anthropocene era accumulate without ceasing. Have we finally acquired, with the pandemic, a (new) sensitivity to warnings and constant alerts that resonate with the emergence of the "new climate regime"? Faced with the madness of our times, it is first of all the perplexity shown by the anthropologist and philosopher Bruno Latour. This essay proposes to reflect on current challenges in dialogue with Latour's thinking on ecological mutation, particularly his arguments in the book Face à Gaïa and Où Atterrir ?. To do so, we present his diagnosis of time and his scientific, aesthetic and political proposals, showing how he intertwines the most diverse threads of knowledge - science, politics, religion, aesthetics, war - to recompose the world and make the peace possible.