Latour to give Gifford Lectures in Edinburgh

Wonderful news during lunch this afternoon with Bruno Latour. He has been invited to give the GIFFORD LECTURES in Edinburgh (in 2012 or 2013, something like that), joining the likes of Hannah Arendt, Henri Bergson, and William James, among many others. [ADDENDUM: Whitehead’s Process and Reality almost goes without saying, but I should mention it too.]

He said he plans to speak on topics related to his new Souriau-inspired “modes of existence” system, though the main book itself will surely be published long before then. He said he’s on Chapter 12 of that work. Since there are 14 modes of existence in Latour’s new system, I would guess there are 14 chapters plus an introduction and a conclusion, so maybe 16 chapters total (that’s just a guess, though).