The Prince and the Wolf contains the transcript of the February 5th 2008 BRUNO LATOUR

debate at the London School of Economics (LSE) between the prominent French
GRAHAM HARMAN

THE PRINCE AND THE WOLF BRUNO LATOUR GRAHAM HARMAN PETER ERDÉLYI
sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher Bruno Latour and the Cairo-based
American philosopher Graham Harman. The occasion for the debate was the
impending publication of Harman’s book, Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour
and Metaphysics. During the discussion, Latour (the ‘Prince’) compared the
PETER ERDÉLYI

THE PRINCE
professional philosophers who have pursued him over the years to a pack
of wolves. The Prince and the Wolf is the story of what happens when
the wolf catches up with the prince.

Too often debates are sterile. All is on show but nothing much happens.

AND
This debate is different. Something happened.
Nigel Thrift, University of Warwick

The exchange is fresh, laced with good humor, and informative. There is much
to be learned here about empirical metaphysics – and collegiality.

THE WOLF
Michael Flower, Portland State University

Many crucial things get exposed and made explicit here.

A key access point to the Latourian moment.
Fabian Muniesa, École des Mines de Paris

BRUNO LATOUR is Professor and Vice President for Research at Sciences Po, Paris.

LATOUR AND HARMAN

GRAHAM HARMAN is Associate Provost for Research Administration and a member
of the Department of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
PETER ERDÉLYI is a doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics.

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