Complexities: An Introduction / Annemarie Mol and John Law
Romantic and Baroque Conceptions of Complex Wholes in the Sciences
/ Chunglin Kwa
Which Road to Follow? The Moral Complexity of an “Equipped”
Humanity / Laurent Thevenot
On Space and Depth / Marilyn Strathern
On Hidden Heterogeneities: Complexity, Formalism, and Aircraft
Design / John Law
In the Middle of the Network / Andrew Barry
When Elephants Stand for Competing Philosophies of Nature: Amboseli
National Park, Kenya / Charis Thompson
Writing and (Re)writing Devices as Tools for Managing Complexity /
Michel Callon
Cutting Surgeons, Walking Patients: Some Complexities Involved in
Comparing / Annemarie Mol
The Disposal of Fear: Childhood, Trauma, and Complexity / Nick Lee
and Steven D. Brown
Contributors
Index
John Law is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Science Studies at Lancaster University in England.
Annemarie Mol is Professor of Political Philosophy at Twente University in the Netherlands.
“Extremely timely, important, and well-defined, this book is
precisely on target in focusing on heterogeneous studies that treat
knowledge as local. The types of science and technology discussed
are diverse and well-balanced.”—David Stump, coeditor of The
Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Contests, and Power
"Complexities would be an excellent supplemental text in
upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses in logic,
philosophy, political science, global human-resource management, or
cultural diversity. The real-world nature of the essays and the
lack of clear conclusions make the selections in this book an
excellent starting point for class discussions and reflective
practice exercises. Used effectively, this book should aid students
in demonstrating competence in synthesizing, evaluating, and
judging the advantages and disadvantages of courses of
behavior."
*International Social Science Review*
"This volume begins to address a theme of increasing importance
within sociology. Although it is produced form within the field of
science and technology studies, it should have a broader appeal
among other social scientists, including those who are interested
in social theory, cultural studies, communications, management, and
organizational research."
*Contemporary Sociology*
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