John Law / Annemarie Mol

Complexities

Social Studies of Knowledge Practices
Herausgeber: Law, John; Mol, Annemarie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Extremely timely, important, and well-defined, this book is precisely on target in focusing on heterogeneous studies that treat knowledge as local. The types of science and technology discussed are diverse and well-balanced."--David Stump, coeditor of "The Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Contests, and Power"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780822328315
• ISBN-10: 0822328313
• Artikelnr.: 22262225

Autorenporträt

John Law and Annemarie Mol, eds.

Inhaltsangabe

Complexities: An Introduction / Annemarie Mol and John Law
Romantic and Baroque Conceptions of Complex Wholes in the Sciences /
Chunglin Kwa
Which Road to Follow? The Moral Complexity of an “Equipped” Humanity /
Laurent Thevenot
On Space and Depth / Marilyn Strathern
On Hidden Heterogeneities: Complexity, Formalism, and Aircraft Design /
John Law
In the Middle of the Network / Andrew Barry
When Elephants Stand for Competing Philosophies of Nature: Amboseli
National Park, Kenya / Charis Thompson
Writing and (Re)writing Devices as Tools for Managing Complexity / Michel
Callon
Cutting Surgeons, Walking Patients: Some Complexities Involved in Comparing
/ Annemarie Mol
The Disposal of Fear: Childhood, Trauma, and Complexity / Nick Lee and
Steven D. Brown
Contributors
Index