Living in a material world economic sociology meets science and technology studies

This book draws on the tools of science and technology studies and economic sociology to reconceptualize the intersection of economy and technology, suggesting materiality - the idea that social existence involves not only actors and social relations but also objects - as the theoretical point of co...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinch, Trevor
Other Authors: Swedberg, Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press 2008
Series:Inside technology
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This book draws on the tools of science and technology studies and economic sociology to reconceptualize the intersection of economy and technology, suggesting materiality - the idea that social existence involves not only actors and social relations but also objects - as the theoretical point of convergence
Physical Description:vi, 403 pages illustrations
ISBN:9781435691858
1435691857
9780262281607
0262281600