About the author

Bruno Latour (; French: [latuʁ]; born 22 June 1947) is a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist. He is especially known for his work in the field of science and technology studies (STS). After teaching at the École des Mines de Paris (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation) from 1982 to 2006, he became Professor at Sciences Po Paris (2006–2017), where he was the scientific director of the Sciences Po Medialab. He retired from several university activities in 2017. He was also a Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics.

Latour is best known for his books We Have Never Been Modern (1991; English translation, 1993), Laboratory Life (with Steve Woolgar, 1979) and Science in Action (1987). Although his studies of scientific practice were at one time associated with social constructionist approaches to the philosophy of science, Latour has diverged significantly from such approaches. He is best known for withdrawing from the subjective/objective division and re-developing the approach to work in practice. Latour said in 2017 that he is interested in helping to rebuild trust in science and that some of the authority of science needs to be regained. Along with Michel Callon and John Law, Latour is one of the primary developers of actor–network theory (ANT), a constructionist approach influenced by the ethnomethodology of Harold Garfinkel, the generative semiotics of Algirdas Julien Greimas, and (more recently) the sociology of Émile Durkheim's rival Gabriel Tarde.

Latour's monographs earned him a 10th place among most-cited book authors in the humanities and social sciences for the year 2007.

En ny sociologi for et nyt samfund

introduktion til aktør-netværk-teori

En ny sociologi for et nyt samfund er en grundlæggende udfordring af eksisterende sociologiske teorier i traditionen fra Durkheim til Bourdieu - og den første samlede fremstilling af Bruno Latours ideer og det, der er blevet kendt som Aktør-Netværk-Teori.

Christian Borch og Mikael Rask Madsen skriver i deres forord: »Vi kan ikke glæde os nok over nu at have dette vigtige værk i dansk oversættelse. Det er ikke Latours første bog på dansk, men det er den, som mest prægnant fremlægger hans sociologiske bidrag og forklarer, hvorfor vi behøver en ny sociologi for et nyt samfund.«

Bruno Latour er oprindelig uddannet filosof og antropolog og er som sociolog kontroversiel men original. Han er en af udviklerne af den såkaldte Aktør-Netværk-Teori og er ansat som forskningschef på den statsvidenskabelige eliteskole, Institut d´Études Politique de Paris.
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Edition1
Printed pages360
Publish date05 Aug 2008
Published byAkademisk Forlag
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ISBN print9788750039648