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020 | _a9780199256051 | ||
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_a301 _bLat |
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100 | _aLatour, Bruno | ||
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_aReassembling the Social _b: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory |
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_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c2005 |
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_ax;301p. _b9x6 _cpb |
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440 | _aClarendon lectures in management studies | ||
520 | _aReassembling 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 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. | ||
546 | _aENG | ||
650 | _aSociology-Philosophy | ||
650 | _aSocial sciences-Philosophy | ||
650 | _aSocial groups | ||
650 | _aSocial structure | ||
650 | _aSocial participation | ||
650 | _aOrganizational behavior | ||
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