Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory by Bruno Latour

Description: Reassembling the Social by Bruno Latour Talks about the relationship between people, science, and technology. Here, the author, who is a world famous French sociologist, sets out his own ideas about Actor Network Theory and its relevance to management and organization theory. He contends that the word social, has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become misnomer. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the worlds leading social theorists to how we understand society and the social.Bruno Latours 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 duecourse 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 thansimply 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 explanations of other states of affairs. While these attempts have beenproductive (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 preciseconstituents 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, orthe ideas of one of its most influential proponents. Author Biography Bruno Latour is a Professor at the Centre de Sociologie de lInnovation, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. Having been trained as a philosopher, then an anthropologist, Bruno Latour specialized in the analysis of scientists and engineers at work, and published works on philosophy, history, sociology, and the anthropology of science. He is the author of Laboratory Life (Princeton University Press), We Have Never Been Modern(Harvard University Press), and Pandoras Hope: Essays in the Reality of Science Studies (Harvard University Press). Table of Contents Introduction: How to Resume the Task of Tracing AssociationsPart I: How to Deploy Controversies About the Social World1: Learning to Feed from Controversies2: First Source of Uncertainty: No Group, Only Group Formation3: Second Source of Uncertainty: Action is Overtaken4: Third Source of Uncertainty: Objects Too Have Agency5: Fourth Source of Uncertainty: Matters of Fact vs. Matters of Concern6: Fifth Source of Uncertainty: Writing Down Risky Accounts7: On the Difficulty of Being an ANT - An Interlude in Form of a DialogPart II: How to Render Associations Traceable Again8: Why is it So Difficult to Trace the Social?9: How to Keep the Social Flat10: First Move: Localizing the Global11: Second Move: Redistributing the Local12: Third Move: Connecting Sites13: Conclusion: From Society to Collective - Can the Social be Reassembled? Review `...both an important theoretical social science work and a useful primer for social research generally.The New Zealand Geographical Society`Latours book can also serve, not so much as a model to copy, but certainly as a source of inspiration for how to write a social science text: vividly, engagingly, eloquently.Organization Studies Promotional Bruno Latour was awarded the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2013 Long Description Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the worlds leading social theorists to how we understand society and the social.Bruno Latours 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 duecourse 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 assumptionsabout 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 explanations 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 arelargely 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 toresume 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 ofone of its most influential proponents. Review Text `...both an important theoretical social science work and a useful primer for social research generally.The New Zealand Geographical Society`Latours book can also serve, not so much as a model to copy, but certainly as a source of inspiration for how to write a social science text: vividly, engagingly, eloquently.Organization Studies Review Quote This book makes ANT accessible and therefore a great resource for any student wishing to learn the language and ways of ANT. Promotional "Headline" Bruno Latour was awarded the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2013 Feature Bruno Latour is a world famous and widely published French sociologist who has written with great eloquence and perception about the relationship between people, science, and technologyLatour is closely associated with the school of thought known as Actor Network TheoryIn this book he sets out for the first time, in one place, his own ideas about Actor Network Theory and its relevance to management and organization theorySubjects the use of the adjective social by the social sciences to critical analysis Details ISBN0199256047 Author Bruno Latour Pages 312 Publisher Oxford University Press Series Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies Year 2005 ISBN-10 0199256047 ISBN-13 9780199256044 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2005-07-28 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 302.3 Illustrations 1 b/w line illustration, 8 half tones Media Book Short Title REASSEMBLING THE SOCIAL Language English Residence US Affiliation Sciences Po Paris DOI 10.1604/9780199256044 UK Release Date 2005-07-28 AU Release Date 2005-07-28 NZ Release Date 2005-07-28 Alternative 9780199256051 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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