Michael, Mike,

Reconnecting culture, technology and nature : from society to heterogeneity / Mike Michael. - 175 pages ; 24 cm. - International library of sociology . - International library of sociology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : situating technology and technologizing situations -- 2. Theorizing heterogeneity and distributedness -- 3. Walking boots : distributing the environment -- 4. Co(a)gents and control : purifying 'road rage' -- 5. Disciplined and disciplining co(a)gents : the remote control and the couch potato -- 6. Narrating co(a)gents : the case of the Hudogledog -- 7. Conclusion : closings and openings.

This text elaborates a methodology through which new hybrid objects of study are creatively constructed, tracing the ways the cultural, the natural and the technological interweave in the production of order and disorder.

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Technology--Social aspects
Technology--Sociological aspects

HM846 / .M53 2000

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