Symmetrical twins: On the relationship between Actor-Network theory and the sociology of critical capacities

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dc.contributor.authorGuggenheim, Michael
dc.contributor.authorPotthast, Jörg
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-08T17:34:59Z
dc.date.available2019-01-08T17:34:59Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionDieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.de
dc.descriptionThis publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.en
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the elective affinities between Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and the sociology of critical capacities. It argues that these two research programmes can be understood as symmetrical twins. We show the extent to which the exchange between Bruno Latour and Luc Boltanski has influenced their respective theoretical developments. Three strong encounters between the twin research programmes may be distinguished. The first encounter concerns explanations for social change. The second encounter focuses on the status of objects and their relationship to places. The third encounter is about the concept of critique. Drawing on their long-term mutual readings, we gain insight into how pleas for symmetrical analysis raised in response to Bourdieu’s theory of fields have evolved within both ANT and the sociology of critical capacity. We conclude by relating the development of the respective research programmes to the issue of disciplinary boundaries.en
dc.identifier.eissn1461-7137
dc.identifier.issn1368-4310
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/8863
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-7992
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaftende
dc.subject.otheractor-network theoryen
dc.subject.otherBoltanskien
dc.subject.otherLatouren
dc.subject.othernew pragmatic sociologyen
dc.subject.othersociology of critical capacitiesen
dc.titleSymmetrical twins: On the relationship between Actor-Network theory and the sociology of critical capacitiesen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1177/1368431011423601
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleEuropean Journal of Social Theoryen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameSAGE Publicationsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceWashington, DCen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend178
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart157
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume15
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tub.affiliationFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt::Inst. Soziologiede
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umweltde
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Soziologiede
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinde

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