- 198 pages
- English
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About this book
French sociologist and philosopher, Bruno Latour, is one of the most significant and creative thinkers of the last decades. Bruno Latour: Hybrid Thoughts in a Hybrid World is the first comprehensive and accessible English-language introduction to this multi-faceted work. The book focuses on core Latourian themes:
• contribution to science studies (STS – Science, Technology & Society)
• philosophical approach to the rise and fall of modernity
• innovative thoughts on politics, nature, and ecology
• contribution to the branch of sociology known as ANT – Actor-Network Theory.
With ANT, Latour has pioneered an approach to socio-cultural analysis built on the notion that social life arises in complex networks of actants – people, things, ideas, norms, technologies, and so on – influencing each other in dynamic ways. This book explores how Latour helps us make sense of the changing interrelations of science, technology, society, nature, and politics beyond modernity.
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Index
- a-humanism142
- abstractions45
- actant17
- actor-network3–5, 14, 105–6, 113, 120, 134
- actor-network theory3, 18, 47–50, 52, 162–3
- defined47
- agency48, 107
- animal rights90, 99–100
- ANT see actor-network theory
- anthropocentrism90
- anthropology: symmetrical135, 145
- anthropology of science19–21, 26–51
- actor-network theory47–50
- articles, types of statements and struggle between laboratories33–5
- background for the laboratory studies28–9
- breaking with diffusion theory40–1
- inscription devices31–2
- laboratory as a fact-producing factory29–30
- machines, alliances and “machinations”35–41
- translation37–9
- type 1 statements34–5
- type 2 statements34
- type 3 statements33–4
- type 4 statements33
- type 5 statements33
- worldwide techno-science41–7
- antidualism12
- Aristotle180
- articulation83, 87
- association16, 18
- Augé, Marc7
- Bauman, Zygmunt105
- Beck, Ulrich.123
- Bergson, Henri176
- bifurcation of nature14
- black box35, 121
- Bloor, David41
- Boltanski, Luc62, 63
- Bourdieu, Pierre6
- Boyle,...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- On the trails of Bruno Latour's hybrid world
- Anthropology of science
- Philosophy of modernity
- Political ecology
- Sociology of associations
- Conclusion: The enlightenment project of Bruno Latour
- “We would like to do a bit of science studies on you …”: An interview with Bruno Latour
- Glossary of key terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index