Agency Without Actors? New Approaches to Collective Action |
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| Editor:
| Passoth, Jan-Hendrik
Peuker, Birgit
Schillmeier, Michael |
| Series title: | Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-136-85125-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $54.95 |
Book Description:
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The question of agency is a key issue in social theory and research. The discourse of human agency as an effect of social relations is deeply intertwined with the history of sociological thought. However, in most recent discussions the role of non-humans gains a substantial impact concerning agency. Agency without Actors? asks: Are nonhumans active, do they have agency? And if so: how and in which different ways?
The question of agency is a key issue in social theory and research. The discourse of human agency as an effect of social relations is deeply intertwined with the history of sociological thought. However, in most recent discussions the role of non-humans gains a substantial impact concerning agency. Agency without Actors? asks: Are nonhumans active, do they have agency? And if so: how and in which different ways?