Le pouvoir et les opérations
In this paper, I analyse the “closed fuel cycle” strategy implemented by the French nuclear industry in the 1970’s by means of a theoretical framework inspired by Simondon. I confront the technocratic conception of technical ensembles, which sees them as the instanciation of a power over nature, and...
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| Language: | fra |
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Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rac/22842 |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I analyse the “closed fuel cycle” strategy implemented by the French nuclear industry in the 1970’s by means of a theoretical framework inspired by Simondon. I confront the technocratic conception of technical ensembles, which sees them as the instanciation of a power over nature, and their technological comprehension as systems of operations, i.e. of mediations between technical invention and the natural environment. I argue that the “closed fuel cycle” strategy can be understood as relying on an imaginary ecology. What I propose is a form of critical epistemology that I compare with Jasanoff’s theory of sociotechnical imaginaries, that leads to a sociopolitical comprehension of the social efficiency and motives of such a representation. I then question the complementarity conditions between those two frameworks, one normative, the other explanatory. |
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| ISSN: | 1760-5393 |