Comments on: Prince of Networks is out

By: Graham Harman

Graham Harman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:10:51 +0000

Oh, in that sense, yes?… “Prince of Darkness” was one of the resonances I tried to play on with that title. The other implied reference is to Machiavelli’s Prince. The original working title of the book (until spring/summer 2007) was King of Networks, but I think Prince works much better.

By: typewritten

typewritten — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:30:18 +0000

Graham — without having read your book yet –,

Jan Assmann’s work on the Egyptian religion and its European comeback through illuminated pantheism (that’s in _Moses the Egyptian_, mostly) is possibly a nice clue to navigate through Latour’s take on iconoclasm, translation and divinity. The “Prince of Darkness” is not very popular among folks in the business of the monotheistic “counter-religion” (Assmann’s expression), but in the good old times he just used to be a quite reliable fellow among the crowd of demiurges, demons and other translators.

By: Peadar

Peadar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:16:13 +0000

Thanks for the head’s up Peter. I just purchased a copy on-line and look forward to reading the book as soon as it arrives. Hopefully I will get a chance at some point in the near future (before the author becomes too famous to approach :-) to ask Graham to sign my copy!
Peadar.

By: Graham Harman

Graham Harman — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:14:52 +0000

I’m afraid your question is over my head. I am not aware of any reference to a “prince of networks” in the ancient Egyptian religion, though if there is such a thing, then I have accidentally stumbled into a remarkable coincidence.

By: typewritten

typewritten — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:23:27 +0000

Is the title a reminiscence of the old tenebrous wisdom of the Egyptian Mysteries?

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