Reassembling the Social. An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory

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COVER CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Introduction: How to Resume the Task of Tracing Associations PART I: How to Deploy Controversies About the Social World Introduction to Part I: Learning to Feed off Controversies First Source of Uncertainty: No Group, Only Group Formation Second Source of Uncertainty: Action Is Overtaken Third Source of Uncertainty: Objects too Have Agency Fourth Souce of Uncertainty: Matters of Fact vs. Matters of Concern Fifth Source of Uncertainty: Writing Down Risky Accounts On the Difficulty of Being an ANT: An Interlude in the Form of a Dialog Part II: How to Render Associations Traceable Again Introduction to Part II: Why is it so Difficult to Trace the Social? How to Keep the Social Flat First Move: Localizing the Global Second Move: Redistributing the Local Third Move: Connecting Sites Conclusion: From Society to Collective—Can the Social Be Reassembled? BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX