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Reassembling the social an introduction to actor-network-theory

Bruno Latour

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Introduction: How to Resume the Task of Tracing Associations PART I: HOW TO DEPLOY CONTROVERSIES ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORLD 1. Learning to Feed from Controversies 2. First Source of Uncertainty: No Group, Only Group Formation 3. Second Source of Uncertainty: Action is Overtaken 4. Third Source of Uncertainty: Objects Too Have Agency 5. Fourth Source of Uncertainty: Matters of Fact vs. Matters of Concern 6. Fifth Source of Uncertainty: Writing Down Risky Accounts 7. On the Difficulty of Being an ANT - An Interlude in Form of a Dialog PART II: HOW TO RENDER ASSOCIATIONS TRACEABLE AGAIN 8. Why is it So Difficult to Trace the Social? 9. How to Keep the Social Flat 10. First Move: Localizing the Global 11. Second Move: Redistributing the Local 12. Third Move: Connecting Sites 13. Conclusion: From Society to Collective - Can the Social be Reassembled?

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Introduction: How to Resume the Task of Tracing Associations PART I: HOW TO DEPLOY CONTROVERSIES ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORLD 1. Learning to Feed from Controversies 2. First Source of Uncertainty: No Group, Only Group Formation 3. Second Source of Uncertainty: Action is Overtaken 4. Third Source of Uncertainty: Objects Too Have Agency 5. Fourth Source of Uncertainty: Matters of Fact vs. Matters of Concern 6. Fifth Source of Uncertainty: Writing Down Risky Accounts 7. On the Difficulty of Being an ANT - An Interlude in Form of a Dialog PART II: HOW TO RENDER ASSOCIATIONS TRACEABLE AGAIN 8. Why is it So Difficult to Trace the Social? 9. How to Keep the Social Flat 10. First Move: Localizing the Global 11. Second Move: Redistributing the Local 12. Third Move: Connecting Sites 13. Conclusion: From Society to Collective - Can the Social be Reassembled?

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Introduction: How to Resume the Task of Tracing Associations PART I: HOW TO DEPLOY CONTROVERSIES ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORLD 1. Learning to Feed from Controversies 2. First Source of Uncertainty: No Group, Only Group Formation 3. Second Source of Uncertainty: Action is Overtaken 4. Third Source of Uncertainty: Objects Too Have Agency 5. Fourth Source of Uncertainty: Matters of Fact vs. Matters of Concern 6. Fifth Source of Uncertainty: Writing Down Risky Accounts 7. On the Difficulty of Being an ANT - An Interlude in Form of a Dialog PART II: HOW TO RENDER ASSOCIATIONS TRACEABLE AGAIN 8. Why is it So Difficult to Trace the Social? 9. How to Keep the Social Flat 10. First Move: Localizing the Global 11. Second Move: Redistributing the Local 12. Third Move: Connecting Sites 13. Conclusion: From Society to Collective - Can the Social be Reassembled?

Key concepts: Actor–network theory, Sociology, Epistemology, Computer science, Cognitive science, Psychology, Social science, Philosophy

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