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Reassembling the Social an Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory

French sociologist Bruno Latour has previously written about the relationship between people, science and technology. In this book he sets out his own ideas about 'actor network theory' and its relevance to management and organisation theory.

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  • "Wprowadzenie do teorii aktora-sieci"@pl
  • "Re-assembling the social <frz.&gt"

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  • "C'est à retracer le social comme association que s'attache depuis trente ans ce qu'on a appelé la " sociologie de l'acteur-réseau " et que Bruno Latour présente dans ce livre. Sa proposition est simple : entre la société et la sociologie, il faut choisir. De la même manière que la notion de " nature " rend la politique impossible, il faut maintenant se faire à l'idée que la notion de société, à son tour, est devenue l'ennemie de toute pensée du politique. Ce n'est pas une raison pour se décourager, mais l'occasion de refaire de la sociologie."
  • "La société ne peut être comprise qu'à partir d'assemblages et de connexions entre des choses qui ne sont pas elles-mêmes sociales. C'est le sens de la théorie de l'acteur réseau que d'élargir son champ d'étude à n'importe quel type d'agrégat, qu'il s'agisse de chaînes chimiques ou de liens juridiques, de forces atomiques ou d'organismes commerciaux."
  • "Inleiding in de algemene methodiek van de Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) en de bespreking van de implicaties hiervan."
  • "French sociologist Bruno Latour has previously written about the relationship between people, science and technology. In this book he sets out his own ideas about 'actor network theory' and its relevance to management and organisation theory."@en
  • "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 a misnomer. When the adjective is applied to a phenomenon, it is used to indicate a stabilized state of affairs, a bundle of ties that in due course may be used to account for another phenomenon. Latour also finds the word used as if it described a type of material, in a comparable way to an adjective such as 'wooden' or 'steely'. Rather than simply indicating what is already assembled together, it is now used in a way that makes assumptions about the nature of what is assembled. It has become a word that designates two distinct things: a process of assembling: and a type of material, distinct from others. Latour shows why 'the social' cannot be thought of as a kind of material or domain, and disputes attempts to provide a 'social explanation' of other states of affairs. While these attempts have been productive (and probably necessary) in the past, the very success of the social sciences mean that they are largely no longer so. At the present stage it is no longer possible to inspect the precise constituents entering the social domain. Latour returns to the original meaning of 'the social' to redefine the notion and allow it to trace connections again. It will then be possible to resume the traditional goal of the social sciences, but using more refined tools. Drawing on his extensive work examining the 'assemblages' of nature, Latour finds it necessary to scrutinize thoroughly the exact content of what is assembled under the umbrella of Society. This approach, a 'sociology of associations' has become known as Actor-Network-Theory, and this book is an essential introduction both for those seeking to understand Actor-Network-Theory, or the ideas of one of its most influential proponents."@en
  • "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 a misnomer. When the adjective is applied to a phenomenon, it is used to indicate a stabilized state of affairs, a bundle of ties that in due course may be used to account for another phenomenon. Latour also finds the word used as if it described a type of material, in a comparable way to an adjective such as 'wooden' or 'steely'. Rather than simply indicating what is already assembled together, it is now used in a way that makes assumptions about the nature of what is assembled. It has become a word that designates two distinct things: a process of assembling: and a type of material, distinct from others. Latour shows why 'the social' cannot be thought of as a kind of material or domain, and disputes attempts to provide a 'social explanation' of other states of affairs. While these attempts have been productive (and probably necessary) in the past, the very success of the social sciences mean that they are largely no longer so. At the present stage it is no longer possible to inspect the precise constituents entering the social domain. Latour returns to the original meaning of 'the social' to redefine the notion and allow it to trace connections again. It will then be possible to resume the traditional goal of the social sciences, but using more refined tools. Drawing on his extensive work examining the 'assemblages' of nature, Latour finds it necessary to scrutinize thoroughly the exact content of what is assembled under the umbrella of Society. This approach, a 'sociology of associations' has become known as Actor-Network-Theory, and this book is an essential introduction both for those seeking to understand Actor-Network-Theory, or the ideas of one of its most influential proponents."
  • "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, in a comparable way to an adjecti."@en

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  • "Einführung"
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  • "Ressources Internet"

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  • "En ny sociologi for et nyt samfund : introduktion til aktør-netværk-teori"@da
  • "Changer de société -- refaire la sociologie"
  • "Splatając na nowo to, co społeczne wprowadzenie do teorii aktora-sieci"
  • "Reassembling the Social an Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory"@en
  • "Changer de société : refaire la sociologie"
  • "Changer de société : Refaire de la sociologie"
  • "Splatając na nowo to, co społeczne : wprowadzenie do teorii aktora-sieci"@pl
  • "˜Eineœ neue Soziologie für eine neue Gesellschaft Einführung in die Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie"
  • "Reassembling the social an introduction to actor-network-theory"
  • "Reassembling the social an introduction to actor-network-theory"@en
  • "Eine neue Soziologie für eine neue Gesellschaft"
  • "Changer de société - refaire de la sociologie"
  • "Changer de société, refaire de la sociologie"
  • "Reassembling the social : an introduction to actor-network-theory"
  • "Reassembling the social : an introduction to actor-network-theory"@en
  • "Eine neue Soziologie für eine neue Gesellschaft Einführung in die Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie"
  • "Eine neue Soziologie für eine neue Gesellschaft : Einführung in die Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie"
  • "Splataja̜c na nowo to, co społeczne : wprowadzenie do teorii aktora-sieci"
  • "Reassembling the social : an introduction to Actor-Network-Theory"
  • "Reassembling the Social : an Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory"
  • "En ny sociologi for et nyt samfund introduktion til aktør-netværk-teori"
  • "Eine neue Soziologie für eine neue Gesellschaft : Einführung in die Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie ; aus dem Englischen von Gustav Rossler"

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