Yeah. Actancy (maybe actency is right?) is the only useful thing so far from Latour. In general these days, I'd rather approach that issue for a more religious perspective. Hinduism and Islam each offer different but more nuanced rubrics for considering the awareness of things.
But conatus sounds dirty, which is nice. I always like that in a word.
but that last part 'addictive dharma' still places it in relation to humans or at least to a subject rather than just another type of being in the world.
Yeah. Actancy (maybe actency is right?) is the only useful thing so far from Latour. In general these days, I'd rather approach that issue for a more religious perspective. Hinduism and Islam each offer different but more nuanced rubrics for considering the awareness of things.
But conatus sounds dirty, which is nice. I always like that in a word.
but that last part 'addictive dharma' still places it in relation to humans or at least to a subject rather than just another type of being in the world.
Indeed. A hungry ghost, perhaps.