THE HIDDEN FACE OF BERGSONISM IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY

Abstract

Delving into the contemporary metatheoretical debate, we observe that current endeavors are increasingly attentive to the transcendental assumptions that inform their own theoretical descriptions. In this regard, ongoing research seeks to revisit Bruno Latour's ontological assumptions from a marginal perspective in this debate — in this case, through the lens of Henri Bergson. Drawing particularly on the observations of Patrice Manigilier, who identifies the presence of an ontological assumption in Latour that is similar to Bergson, this work will attempt to identify elective affinities between a classic and a neoclassical of French social theory from a hermeneutical and exegetical approach between the two authors. I briefly emphasize that the metatheoretical assumption of a relational ontology is the guiding principle of this work, and having entered this terrain, I question the normative implications involved in such an assumption.