Reconnecting Culture, Technology and Nature
From Society to Heterogeneity
Published on 12. October 2012
192 pages
978-1-134-63521-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this exciting new book, Mike Michael uses case studies of mundane technologies such as the walking boot, the car and the TV remote control to question some of the fundamental dichotomies through which we make sense of the world. Drawing on the insights of Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway and Michel Serres, the author elaborates an innovative methodology through which new hybrid objects of study are creatively constructed, tracing the ways in which the cultural, the natural and the technological interweave in the production of order and disorder. This book critically engages with and draws connections between a wide range of literature including those concerned with the environment, consumption and the body.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,06 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-63521-4 (9781134635214)
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Person
Mike Michael is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theorizing heterogeneity and distributedness; Chapter 3 Walking boots; Chapter 4 Co(a)gents and control; Chapter 5 Disciplined and disciplining co(a)gents; Chapter 6 Narrating co(a)gents; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
