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020 _a9780199256051
082 _a301
_bLat
100 _aLatour, Bruno
245 _aReassembling the Social
_b: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
260 _aOxford
_bOxford University Press
_c2005
300 _ax;301p.
_b9x6
_cpb
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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