On interobjectivity
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This article of social theory reintroduces the object inside the definition of society and shows how this can solve the debate between « micro” and « macro” definitions of social order. It adds to inter-subjectivity the notion of « inter-objectivity” in order to redefine the notion of agency, of action and of actor. It then proceeds to modify the definition of action.
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Latour's study seeks to create the conditions under which the researcher may become witness to the 'emergence of a novelty' in the ever-changing configurations of the network.
“It does not seek to formulate some generalisable laws or recurrent patterns, but seeks to create the conditions under which the researcher may become witness to the ' emergence of a novelty ' in the ever-changing con fi gurations of the network (Latour 1996b: 237).”
From Bruno Latour and the anthropology of the moderns (2013) · cites this paper as Latour 1996b
Latour's study of the unstoppable movement that makes up a collective does not seek to formulate generalisable laws or recurrent patterns.
“It does not seek to formulate some generalisable laws or recurrent patterns, but seeks to create the conditions under which the researcher may become witness to the ' emergence of a novelty ' in the ever-changing con fi gurations of the network (Latour 1996b: 237).”
From Bruno Latour and the anthropology of the moderns (2013) · cites this paper as Latour 1996b
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- Authors
- Latour, B.
- Corresponding author
- Latour, Bruno
- ORCID
- Latour, Bruno
- Venue
- Mind, Culture, and Activity
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1996-10
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 228-245
- ISSN
- 1074-9039 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7884
- OpenAlex
- W4253482899
- Cited by
- 799
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 30.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Mind Culture and Activity (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- SPIRE (Sciences Po) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Realism in Sociology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
- Keywords
- interobjectivity, intersubjectivity, social order, agency, action, actors
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