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Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Bruno Latour
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Description for Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Paperback. Latour is a world famous and widely published French sociologist known for his acclaimed writings on the relationship between people, science, and technology. His views have crystallized as 'Actor-Network-Theory' (ANT). This book is the first concise account Latour has written about ANT, with which he has come to be so closely associated with. Series: Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the world's leading social theorists to how we understand society and the 'social'. Bruno Latour's contention is that the word 'social', as used by Social Scientists, has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become misnomer. When the adjective is applied to a phenomenon, it is used to indicate a stablilized state of affairs, a bundle of ties that in due course may be used to account for another phenomenon. But Latour also finds the word used as if it described a type of material, ... Read more
Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the world's leading social theorists to how we understand society and the 'social'. Bruno Latour's contention is that the word 'social', as used by Social Scientists, has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become misnomer. When the adjective is applied to a phenomenon, it is used to indicate a stablilized state of affairs, a bundle of ties that in due course may be used to account for another phenomenon. But Latour also finds the word used as if it described a type of material, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199256051
SKU
V9780199256051
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About Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour is a professor at Sciences-Po, Paris. Having been trained as a philosopher, then an anthropologist, Bruno Latour specialized in the analysis of scientists and engineers at work, and published works on philosophy, history, sociology, and the anthropology of science. He is the author of Laboratory Life (Princeton University Press), We Have Never Been Modern (Harvard University Press), and ... Read more
Reviews for Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
This book makes ANT accessible and therefore a great resource for any student wishing to learn the language and ways of ANT.
Gabrielle Durepos18/02/2009
Gabrielle Durepos18/02/2009