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Order with Things? Humans, Artifacts, and the Sociological Problem of Rule-Following.

Authors :
Preda, Alex
Source :
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour; Sep2000, Vol. 30 Issue 3, 2 Charts
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

Examines the thesis formulated by the Actor-Network Theory in understanding human, artifacts, and the sociological problem of rule-following. Discussion on the sociological problem in Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn stories; Analysis of conceptual premises of accounting for social rules; Consequences in the reproduction of social rules.

Subjects

Subjects :
SOCIOLOGICAL research
SOCIAL norms

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00218308
Volume :
30
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
5060761
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5914.00130