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In this thought-provoking and engaging book, Mike Michael brings us a powerful overview of Actor-Network Theory. Covering a breadth of topics, Michael demonstrates how ANT has become a major theoretical framework, influencing scholarly work across a range of fields.
Critical and playful, this book fills a notable gap in the literature as Michael expertly explicates the theory and demonstrates how its key concepts can be applied. Comparing and contrasting ANT with other social scientific perspectives, Michael provides a robust and reflexive account of its analytic and empirical promise. A perfect companion for any student of Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, Geography, Management & Organisation Studies, Media & Communication, and Cultural Studies.
List of contents
Introduction
Actor-network Theory: Old and New Routes
'Classical' Actor-network Theory
Critiques, Concerns and Co-productions
ANT and Some Big Sociological Questions
On some Disciplinary Translations of ANT
On Some Post-ANTs
Conclusions: Some Prospects and Some Practical Orientations
About the author
Mike Michael is a Lecturer in the Centre of Science Studies and Science Policy, Independent Studies at Lancaster University
Summary
Michael explains how the theory of ANT can be applied across a range of fields to provide readers with an engaging and critical overview
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Dear M, the manuscript of your ANT book managed to lure me away from all kinds of urgent tasks. Wow. You did the rest of us a great favour. It is sharp and casts its net widely while attending to all the right details. I will highly recommend it to my students. And, if I get a chance, to everyone else, of course. Best, A
Annemarie Mol
