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If there is anything that is unique about Bruno Latour’s body of work, it is his inclination to question not just others’ practices and assumptions (notably that of scientists), but also his own. In that regard, Latour’s philosophy differs markedly from that of The Pink Panther’s Inspecteur Clouseau:
Housekeeper: You’ve ruined that piano! Inspecteur Clouseau: What is the price of one piano, compared to the terrible crime that has been committed here. Housekeeper: But that’s a priceless Steinway! Inspecteur Clouseau: Nyot Anymeur (The Pink Panther 1963).
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Hor, SY., Iedema, R. (2015). Bruno Latour: From Acting at a Distance Towards Matters of Concern in Patient Safety. In: Collyer, F. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137355621_42
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