The inhuman, more or less inhuman: The ontology “Will to power” by Nietzsche and actor-network theory of Latour

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the actor-network theory presented in works of French sociologist Bruno Latour from the point of view of reception of basic onto-epistemological conceptions of Friedrich Nietzsche. Central point of the article is opposition between speech in terms of forces and speech in terms of substances which are not only competing but also stipulating for each other in the network of interpretation of scientific researches. Latour’s theory is presented as consistent implementation of Nietzschean conception of will to power in present intellectual conditions with due regard for proper updating.