First published in French as Où atterir? Comment s’orienter en politique © Éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2017

This English edition copyright © Bruno Latour, 2018

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3059-5

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Latour, Bruno, author.
Title: Down to earth : politics in the new climatic regime / Bruno Latour.
Other titles: O?u atterrir? English
Description: English edition. | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018009277 (print) | LCCN 2018025558 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509530595 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509530564 | ISBN 9781509530571 (pb)
Subjects: LCSH: Globalization--Political aspects. | Climatic changes--Political aspects. | Equality.
Classification: LCC JZ1318 (ebook) | LCC JZ1318 .L38413 2018 (print) | DDC 320.58--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018009277

Cover illustration: Illustration originale créée par duofluo – design graphique pour l’exposition « Globes. Architecture et sciences explorent le monde » présentée à la Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine du 10 novembre 2017 au 26 mars 2018, Paris.
— Droite: Coupe sur le Géorama au carré Ledoyen du jardin des Champs-Élysées. Dessin paru dans « L’Illustration », 1846.
— Gauche: Brevet d’invention et de perfectionnement de 10 ans déposé le 03.02.1825 par Charles-François-Paul Delanglard pour une machine appelée géorama, propre à l’étude de la géographie. Coupe sur le Géorama © Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI) / 1 BA1647_8

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