This is the 9th episode of our video & audio podcast KX TALKS.

Its topic: Has the World Entered a New Climate Regime? (On Bruno Latour).

When talking, the speakers refer to a recently published book by Bruno Latour into Bulgarian. The book is an edition under a single cover of 2 of the latest books by Latour published short before his death (original titles: Où atterrir? (Comment s’ orienter en politique) / Où suis-je? (Leçons du confinement à l’usage des terrestres), you could see here more about the book in BG.

The host, Nikolay Kolev, philosopher and cultural journalist, talks to d-r Todor Petkov, translator of the book and university assistant professor in philosophy, and professor Stoyan Stavru, philosopher, jurist, and chief of the Department of Ethical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

What is „earth“ and is it different from „Earth“ and “Gaia“?

What does a series of terms such as „soil“, „territory“, „terroir“ mean for our lives today, against the backdrop of climate change already visible even to the naked eye?

How do „territory“ and „history“ relate? Why is the notion of „frontier“ evoked?

What is a „holobiont“? A „Critical zone“?

What is an “Extractor” and what is a “Patcher”, in the plan of the global and the climate changes?

These ones and many more questions attempt to refer the texts and the ideas of the legendary sociologist, philosopher and author of the concept of the New Climate Regime, Bruno Latour.

Also discussed in the episode is the launch of the publisher’s new book series ФUTURUM, which opens with this book and sets itself the ambitious goal of discussing the future of humanity.

You could follow the episode as a video format on youtube.

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In 2023 the podcast series is being kindly supported by the National Fund Culture under the hospices of their programme “One Year Grant – 2022”.