Organising Modernity: Social Ordering and Social Theory - Couverture souple

Law, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631185135 ISBN 13 : 9780631185130

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 1993

Synopsis

In this important theoretical and empirical statement John Law argues against the purity of post-enlightenment political and social theory, and offers an alternative post-modern sociology. Arguing in favor of a sociology of verbs, he suggests that power, organizations, mind-body dualisms, and macro-micro distinctions may all be understood as the local performance of recursive modes of social ordering.

Drawing on a range of theoretical traditions including actor-network theory, verstehende sociology, and the writing of Michel Foucault, he explores the production of materials - including agents and architectures - and their importance for these modes of ordering. The book, which draws on organizational ethnography to develop its argument, is essential reading for all those interested in social theory, materialism, or the sociology of organizations at the end of the era of high modernity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John Law is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Technological and Organizational Analysis at Keele University. He is author of many books and articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631185135
• ISBN 13: 9780631185130
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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• Personne responsable: non disponible