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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Philosopher and sociologist Bruno Latour, considered one of the greatest contemporary French intellectuals, has died at the age of 75, his publisher E\u0301ditions La De\u0301couverte announced this Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEditions La De\u0301couverte is saddened to learn of the death of Bruno Latour last night (Saturday) in Paris. All our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones,\u201d the editor writes, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse. (AFP).<\/p>\n

Bruno Latour was, as the New York Times wrote in 2018, \u201cthe most famous and misunderstood of French philosophers\u201d. The author highlighted ecological issues and the climate crisis and won the Holberg Prize (2013) and the Kyoto Prize (2021).<\/p>\n

for his work, such as \u201cLa fabrique du droit. Une ethnographie du Conseil d\u2019e\u0301tat\u201d, \u201cLa Vie de laboratoire\u201d, \u201cNous n\u2019avons ever e\u0301te\u0301 modernes\u201d, \u201cLes Microbes. Guerre et paix\u201d (sur Louis Pasteur) and \u201cOu\u0300 suis-je ?\u201d, the latter written during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Many personalities and institutions reacted to the announcement of his death, namely the French Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, who, through the social network Twitter, praised \u201ca humanist and plural spirit, recognized throughout the world before being recognized in France\u201d.<\/p>\n

Born on June 22, 1947 in Beaune (Central-Eastern France) into a family of Burgundy wine merchants, Bruno Latour studied Philosophy and Anthropology and taught in France, Germany and the United States of America, where he was a guest professor at Harvard .<\/p>\n

He was the author of two plays and several essays published in English before being published in France. In 2021, in statements to AFP, he said that the crises caused by climate change and the pandemic have highlighted a violent struggle between \u201cgeo-social classes.<\/p>\n

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