Autor: Přemysl Mácha

The dichotomy nature/culture is the most basic constitutive element of our identity and our society and it deeply shapes and structures social relations. At the same time, as many authors point out, it produces a host of problems in the theory and methodology of science but also in society and the environment. Bruno Latour and Tim Ingold offered alternative ways of overcoming this dichotomy with the goal of returning to anthropology its relevance for the contemporary world and contributing thus to the solution of important problems. The seeming antagonism between these propositions can be overcome rather simply by taking into account the concept of scale which enables us to keep Latour’s political edge without loosing Ingold’s sensibility towards the everyday being and making in the world. A synthesis of both perspectives opens up new venues for the study of modern societies and human existence.

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