Reassembling the social : an introduction to actor-network-theory

Reassembling 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 p...

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Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 2005
Series:Clarendon lectures in management studies
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