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Bruno Latour : hybrid thoughts in a hybrid world / Anders Blok and Torben Elgaard Jensen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blok, Anders, author.
- Series:
- Key Sociologists
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latour, Bruno--Political and social views.
- Latour, Bruno.
- Sociology--Philosophy.
- Sociology.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Social networks.
- Actor-network theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- French sociologist and philosopher, Bruno Latour, is one of the most significant and creative thinkers of the last decades. Bruno Latour: Hybrid Thoughts in a Hybrid World is the first comprehensive and accessible English-language introduction to this multi-faceted work. The book focuses on core Latourian themes: contribution to science studies (STS - Science, Technology & Society) philosophical approach to the rise and fall of modernity innovative thoughts on politics, nature, and ecology contribution to the branch of sociology known as ANT -
- Contents:
- Cover; Bruno LatourHybrid thoughts in a hybrid world; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. On the trails of Bruno Latour's hybrid world; 2. Anthropology of science; 3. Philosophy of modernity; 4. Political ecology; 5. Sociology of associations; 6. Conclusion; 7. "We would like to do a bit of science studies on you . . . "; Glossary of key terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-85531-9
- 1-283-46122-6
- 9786613461223
- 1-136-85532-7
- 0-203-83527-1
- 9780203835272
- OCLC:
- 777374742
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