| LC control no. | sh2005001263 |
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| Topical heading | Actor-network theory |
| Variant(s) | ANT (Sociological theory) |
| See also | Sociology--Methodology |
| Found in | Work cat.: Actor network theory and after, 1999. Newton, T.J. Creating the new ecological order?, 2001: t.p. (Elias and Actor-network theory) WordiQ.com, Feb. 22, 2005 (Actor-network theory, sometimes abbreviated to ANT, is a sociological theory developed by Bruno Latour, Michel Callon and John Law. It is distinguished from other network theories in that an actor-network contains not merely people, but objects and organisations. These are collectively referred to as actors, or sometimes actants. Actor-network theory claims that any actor, whether person, object or organisation, is equally important to a social network. As such, societal order is an effect caused by the smooth running of an actor network. This order begins to break down when certain actors are removed) |
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