Reassembling the Social
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"Reassembling the Social" is a seminal work by sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour that advances actor-network theory by redefining the concept of the social as networks of human and non-human actors.
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| Reassembling the Social canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reassembling the Social Context triple: [An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, relatedWork, Reassembling the Social]
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The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
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B.
The Quest for Community
The Quest for Community is a seminal sociological work by Robert Nisbet that critiques modern individualism and explores the human need for stable, meaningful social bonds and intermediate institutions.
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C.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
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D.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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E.
Reality as Social Process
Reality as Social Process is a major philosophical work by Charles Hartshorne that develops a process-oriented, relational view of reality within the tradition of process theology and metaphysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reassembling the Social Target entity description: "Reassembling the Social" is a seminal work by sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour that advances actor-network theory by redefining the concept of the social as networks of human and non-human actors.
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A.
The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
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B.
The Quest for Community
The Quest for Community is a seminal sociological work by Robert Nisbet that critiques modern individualism and explores the human need for stable, meaningful social bonds and intermediate institutions.
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C.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
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D.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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E.
Reality as Social Process
Reality as Social Process is a major philosophical work by Charles Hartshorne that develops a process-oriented, relational view of reality within the tradition of process theology and metaphysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy of science book ⓘ sociology book ⓘ |
| advancesTheory | actor-network theory ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
non-human entities can be actors in social networks
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sociology should focus on associations rather than a pre-given social context ⓘ the social is not a special domain but a tracing of associations ⓘ |
| author | Bruno Latour ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
philosophy
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science and technology studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
academic literature
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theoretical monograph ⓘ |
| hasPart |
conclusion on reassembling the social
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critique of traditional sociology ⓘ introduction to actor-network theory ⓘ methodological discussion of tracing associations ⓘ |
| influenced |
anthropology
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organizational studies ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French philosophy
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actor-network theory ⓘ science studies ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics
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graduate students ⓘ researchers in social sciences ⓘ |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0199256044 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
actor-network theory
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philosophy of social science ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociology of science ⓘ |
| notableFor |
impact on methodological debates in sociology
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redefining the social as networks of heterogeneous actors ⓘ systematic exposition of actor-network theory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 300-400 pages ⓘ |
| proposesConcept | redefinition of the social as networks of human and non-human actors ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Laboratory Life
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Science in Action ⓘ We Have Never Been Modern ⓘ |
| subtitle | An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory ⓘ |
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