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

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction: How to Resume the Task of Tracing Associations......Page 12
Part I: How to Deploy Controversies About the Social World......Page 30
Introduction to Part I: Learning to Feed off Controversies......Page 32
First Source of Uncertainty: No Group, Only Group Formation......Page 38
Second Source of Uncertainty: Action Is Overtaken......Page 54
Third Source of Uncertainty: Objects too Have Agency......Page 74
Fourth Source of Uncertainty: Matters of Fact vs. Matters of Concern......Page 98
Fifth Source of Uncertainty: Writing Down Risky Accounts......Page 132
On the Difficulty of Being an ANT: An Interlude in the Form of a Dialog......Page 152
Part II: How to Render Associations Traceable Again......Page 168
Introduction to Part II: Why is it so Difficult to Trace the Social?......Page 170
How to Keep the Social Flat......Page 176
First Move: Localizing the Global......Page 184
Second Move: Redistributing the Local......Page 202
Third Move: Connecting Sites......Page 230
Conclusion: From Society to Collective—Can the Social Be Reassembled?......Page 258
Bibliography......Page 274
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