Teoria Aktora-Sieci Bruno Latoura
Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network Theory

Summary/Abstract: This text has two goals: the first is to present the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as elaborated by Bruno Latour, and the second, to provide a context for understanding some of the problems touched upon in the Prologue in the form of a dialogue between a student and his (somewhat) Socratic Professor. Since the question how ANT differs from other theoretical approaches is of essence to both, I point out to the originality of the Theory’s resolutions whilst emphasising how it may differ against its alternative approaches. ANT is rooted in the laboratory anthropology current, hence its attachment to a meticulous empirical description. Therefore, having raised issues traditionally being a domain of philosophy of science or sociology, ANT has contributed its own unique perspective and resolutions, enabling an innovative method of perceiving the relatedness between cognitional practices (science) and politics.

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