Critical perspectives on narratives in a time of environmental and climate crisis

To ‘invent around’ Bruno Latour, via Alain Touraine

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ID19492467
AutoresJ Garland (0000-0003-4127-4094, Lund University, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Data de publicação2026-05-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDialogues in sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2976-8667 • E-ISSN: 2976-8667
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/29768667261452126
OpenAlexW7162460401
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas11

This Further engagement article takes up Blok and Jensen's recent call, made through a Dialogues in Sociology Forum, to ‘invent around’ the work of Bruno Latour to highlight his continued relevance and contribution to the practice of sociology. It is proposed that one way in which Latour might be usefully invented around is by bringing his work, particularly on matters of concern, into greater relation with Alain Touraine's concept of social conflicts where knowledge and morals are contested. This is argued to represent a unique conversation between Latour and Touraine which indicates one means by which Latour's work can be useful, especially for the study of narratives, social movements, and the environment and climate. The Latour-Touraine framework created by this conversation could help sociologists identify and critically analyse dominant values, perceptions and practices specifically concerning human-Nature relationships as a novel focus, alongside possibilities to challenge and re-negotiate these in response to pressing environmental and climate crises

Conversation · Narrative · Reflexivity · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Information Systems Theories and Implementation