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Roussel, Martin, Tchalakov, Ivan, Tanev, Stoyan, Jaekel, Charlotte, Niehaus, Michael, Kapriev, Georgi, Tatnall, Arthur, Tummons, Jonathan and Dopieralski, Marta (2014). Le Sujet de l’Acteur. An Anthropological Outlook on Actor-Network Theory. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink. ISBN 978-3-7705-5726-4

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Abstract

In the past few years, the Actor-Network Theory of French philosopher and sociologist Bruno Latour has become a hotly debated topic in the humanities. From a philosophical perspective, his theory of things keeps being reevaluated: is it possible for ‘Human and Non-Human Actors’ (Latour) to be analyzed as equally important actors? Does Latour’s theory of a simultaneous ‘agency’ of things and concepts indeed move beyond a subject-object relation? If it does, how far does it in fact go? Is it possible to develop a common new ontology by moving away from the notion of substance, and instead reducing any kind of entities to what they reveal in the course of their (inter)action? The contributions to Le Sujet de l’Acteur are looking for interferences between the idea of ‘agency’ and cultural dynamics. How can we relate questions of (social) action with those of cultural manifestations? Focusing on questions of symmetry or dissymmetry between the world of ‘things’ and ‘human beings,’ the volume includes contributions from the fields of social studies, literary studies, and philosophy. Although the contents are categorized in systematic and historical aspects, all contributions draw on the importance of case studies for the theoretical framework, either starting with systematic questions that are then answered exemplary, or starting from historical cases as well as theoretical options.

Item Type:	Book
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Roussel, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tchalakov, Ivan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tanev, Stoyan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jaekel, Charlotte UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Niehaus, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kapriev, Georgi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tatnall, Arthur UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tummons, Jonathan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dopieralski, Marta UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kapriev, Georgi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Roussel, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tchalakov, Ivan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email Corrector Roussel, Martin UNSPECIFIED Corrector Moll, Björn UNSPECIFIED
Corporate Creators:	Internationales Kolleg Morphomata
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-113512
Series Name at the University of Cologne:	Morphomata
Volume:	21
Number of Pages:	202
Date:	2014
Publisher:	Wilhelm Fink
Place of Publication:	Paderborn
ISSN:	2511-2341
ISBN:	978-3-7705-5726-4
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Internationales Kolleg Morphomata
Subjects:	Philosophy Italic Latin Public performances
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Agency UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/11351