The Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew Pickering (Editor)Series:Science and Cultural TheoryPublish date:2009-01-14Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822343738ISBN-10:822343738UPC:9780822343738Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Environmental Science, EssaysSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCTZD67R9M
The Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming
In The Mangle of Practice (1995), the renowned sociologist of science Andrew Pickering argued for a reconceptualization of research practice as a "mangle," an open-ended, evolutionary, and performative interplay of human and non-human agency. While Pickering's ideas originated in science and technology studies, this collection aims to extend the mangle's reach by exploring its application across...
Series: Science and Cultural Theory
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822343738ISBN-10:822343738UPC:9780822343738Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Environmental Science, EssaysSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCTZD67R9M
Andrew Pickering is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter. He is the author of The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science and Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics and the editor of Science as Practice and Culture.
Keith Guzik is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Publisher: Duke University Press
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