Name: aramis or the love of technology
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Author: bruno latour,catherine (trn) porter
ISBN: 9780674043237

portada aramis or the love of technology

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Author

bruno latour,catherine (trn) porter

Year

1996

Language

English

Pages

314

ISBN

0674043235

ISBN13

9780674043237

Synopsis "aramis or the love of technology"

Bruno Latour has written a unique and wonderful tale of a technological dream gone wrong. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis' trail--conducting interviews, analyzing documents, assessing the evidence--perspectives keep shifting: the truth is revealed as multilayered, unascertainable, comprising an array of possibilities worthy of Rashomon. The reader is eventually led to see the project from the point of view of Aramis, and along the way gains insight into the relationship between human beings and their technological creations. This charming and profound book, part novel and part sociological study, is Latour at his thought-provoking best.