Molds and Totems: Nonhumans and the constitution of the social self

Sociological Theory

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-77

  Jerolmack, Colin ^a   Tavory, Iddo ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

actor network theory; Mead; nonhumans; pragmatism; self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899114269     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: 14679558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0735275114523604     Document Type: Article

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