Testing powers of engagement: Green living experiments, the ontological turn and the undoability of involvement

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-133

  Marres, Noortje ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New media; Object centred sociology; Ontological politics; Sustainable living; Technologies of public engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849137579     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431008099647     Document Type: Article

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