Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
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Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory is a foundational sociological text in which Bruno Latour systematically presents and defends actor-network theory as an alternative way of understanding social phenomena.
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Target entity: Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory Context triple: [Bruno Latour, notableWork, Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory]
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Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
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Outline of a Theory of Practice
Outline of a Theory of Practice is a foundational sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential concepts of habitus, field, and practice to explain how social structures and individual actions are mutually shaped.
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The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
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Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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Governing the Commons
Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
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Target entity: Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory Target entity description: Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory is a foundational sociological text in which Bruno Latour systematically presents and defends actor-network theory as an alternative way of understanding social phenomena.
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A.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
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B.
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Outline of a Theory of Practice is a foundational sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential concepts of habitus, field, and practice to explain how social structures and individual actions are mutually shaped.
-
C.
The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
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D.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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E.
Governing the Commons
Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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non-fiction book ⓘ sociology book ⓘ |
| aim |
to defend actor-network theory as an alternative to traditional sociology
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to present actor-network theory systematically ⓘ |
| argument |
non-humans can be actors in networks
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the social is not a special domain but a circulating entity ⓘ the social should be understood as associations between heterogeneous actors ⓘ |
| author | Bruno Latour ⓘ |
| criticizes |
explanations that use the social as a cause
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macro–micro distinction in sociology ⓘ traditional sociology of the social ⓘ |
| describedAs |
foundational text on actor-network theory
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key work in Bruno Latour’s oeuvre ⓘ major contribution to sociological theory ⓘ |
| field |
science and technology studies
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sociology of science ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
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theoretical sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
STS scholarship
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contemporary social theory ⓘ geography ⓘ organizational studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Law
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Bruno Latour ⓘ
surface form:
Michel Callon
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
actor-network
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agency ⓘ assemblage of heterogeneous elements ⓘ association ⓘ mediation ⓘ network ⓘ non-human actors ⓘ sociology of associations ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| proposes |
following actors as a methodological principle
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symmetry between human and non-human actors ⓘ tracing associations empirically ⓘ |
| subject |
actor-network theory
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science and technology studies ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation |
actor-network theory
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constructivism ⓘ relational sociology ⓘ |
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