On Latour's Social Theory and Theory of Society, and His Contribution to Saving the World

Human Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-110

  Lindemann, Gesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Agency of things; Social theory; Theory of society

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955873321     PISSN: 01638548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10746-011-9178-9     Document Type: Article

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