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Aramis, or the Love of Technology

By Bruno Latour

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0674043227, 9780674043220
Open Library ID
OL15522849M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10653731 bytes)
Pages
336\336
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

Bruno Latour has written a unique and wonderful tale of a technological dream gone wrong. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis' trail--conducting interviews, analyzing documents, assessing the evidence--perspectives keep shifting: the truth is revealed as multilayered, unascertainable, comprising an array of possibilities worthy of Rashomon . The reader is eventually led to see the project from the point of view of Aramis, and along the way gains insight into the relationship between human beings and their technological creations. This charming and profound book, part novel and part sociological study, is Latour at his thought-provoking best.

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