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Complexities: Social Studies of Knowledge Practices
John Law
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Description for Complexities: Social Studies of Knowledge Practices
Paperback. Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. Editor(s): Mol, Annemarie. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w photos, 2 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: GT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438. Social Studies of Knowledge Practices. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. 280 pages, 4 b&w photographs. Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GT; PDA. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight: 478.
Although much recent social science and humanities work has been a revolt against simplification, this volume explores the contrast between simplicity and complexity to reveal that this dichotomy, itself, is too simplistic. John Law and Annemarie Mol have gathered a distinguished panel of contributors to offer—particularly within the field of science studies—approaches to a theory of complexity, and at the same time a theoretical introduction to the topic. Indeed, they examine not only ways of relating to complexity but complexity in practice.
Individual essays study complexity from a variety of perspectives, addressing market behavior, medical interventions, aeronautical design, the governing ... Read more
Although much recent social science and humanities work has been a revolt against simplification, this volume explores the contrast between simplicity and complexity to reveal that this dichotomy, itself, is too simplistic. John Law and Annemarie Mol have gathered a distinguished panel of contributors to offer—particularly within the field of science studies—approaches to a theory of complexity, and at the same time a theoretical introduction to the topic. Indeed, they examine not only ways of relating to complexity but complexity in practice.
Individual essays study complexity from a variety of perspectives, addressing market behavior, medical interventions, aeronautical design, the governing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Science & Cultural Theory
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822328469
SKU
V9780822328469
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About John Law
John Law is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Science Studies at Lancaster University in England. Annemarie Mol is Professor of Political Philosophy at Twente University in the Netherlands.
Reviews for Complexities: Social Studies of Knowledge Practices
“Extremely timely, important, and well-defined, this book is precisely on target in focusing on heterogeneous studies that treat knowledge as local. The types of science and technology discussed are diverse and well-balanced.”—David Stump, coeditor of The Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Contests, and Power "Complexities would be an excellent supplemental text in upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses in logic, philosophy, political ... Read more