The Thousand Names of Gaia
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Written for the Rio de Janeiro meeting
The Thousand Names of Gaia
September 2014
Bruno Latour, Sciences Po
For discussion only. English kindly corrected by Michael Flower
“Since we are assembled for a sort of political, scientific and
anthropological ritual in order to review, utter, celebrate, list,
enlarge, narrow down, pin point, conjoin or compose the Thousand
Names of Gaia, as this conference is titled, I have decided to go
through as many names as I can in 45 minutes by considering once
again the writings of James Lovelock and of some of his many
critiques (I managed around 35 out of one thousand!).”
- Used by people who call the work: Big History, Gaia Theory/Science-Based Systems Thinking
- Applies a deep time evolutionary perspective to: Biology and Earth Systems Science, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Other (reductionist and holistic science)
- Learning Stages: Adult Education, Higher Education, Lifelong
- Type: Document
- Keywords: Bruno Latour, Toby Tyrrell, On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth, James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Gaia Theory, Richard Dawkins
- Why I love this Resource: A wonderful take on why Gaia Theory is revolutionary and how Toby Tyrrell completely misrepresents Gaia in his book.
- Link to Resource: Click here
- Posted By: James MacAllister
- Date Added: July 25, 2015
