Unfolding the social: Quasi-actants, virtual theory, and the new empiricism of Bruno Latour

Sociological Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-63

  Krarup, Troels Magelund ^a   Blok, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 79952339344     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01991.x     Document Type: Article

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