ABSTRACT
Is actor-network theory of use for a critique of capital? Is the critique of capital something that can make sense within the ANT mind? A close look at the economic preoccupations that have characterised the work of Bruno Latour and Michel Callon within this tradition serves here the purpose of highlighting a possible thread in this direction: Namely in the direction of considering capital as an operation of translation. Three historical periods are roughly sketched out, each marked by a defining concern: First scientific capitalisation, then the construction of markets, and finally economic eschatology. The way in which capital features or not as a fully-fledged operation of translation in each is discussed. A few suggestions are offered in addition for a more accomplished transformation of ANT into a critical anthropology of capitalisation.
