Bruno latour and the ontological dissolution of nature in the social sciences: A critical review

Environmental Values

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-42

  Pollini, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruno latour; Critical realism; Epistemology; Nature; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CULTURE; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84872248432     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327113X13528328798192     Document Type: Review

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