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Bruno Latour in pieces : an intellectual biography / Henning Schmidgen ; translated by Gloria Custance.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York : Fordham University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 175 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823263721
  • 9780823263738
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • K370 .B786 2014
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Subject: Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a lover of science and technology, co-founder of actor-network theory, and philosopher of a modernity that had ""never been modern."" In the meantime he is regarded not just as one of the most intelligent and also popular exponents of science studies but also as a major innovator of the social sciences, an exemplary wanderer who walks the line between the sciences and the humanities. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the Latourian oeuvre, from his early anthropological studies in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), to influential books like.
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Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a lover of science and technology, co-founder of actor-network theory, and philosopher of a modernity that had ""never been modern."" In the meantime he is regarded not just as one of the most intelligent and also popular exponents of science studies but also as a major innovator of the social sciences, an exemplary wanderer who walks the line between the sciences and the humanities. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the Latourian oeuvre, from his early anthropological studies in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), to influential books like.

Half Title; Series Announcement Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works; Acknowledgments; Half Title; Introduction; 1. Exegesis and Ethnology; 2. A Philosopher in the Laboratory; 3. Machines of Tradition; 4. Pandora and the History of Modernity; 5. Of Actants, Forces, and Things; 6. Science and Action; 7. Questions Concerning Technology; 8. The Coming Parliament; Conclusion; Timeline; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Series Page.

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