Andrew Pickering: Acting with the World

Cover: 9781478031512 | Acting with the World | Agency in the Anthropocene | Andrew Pickering

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Beschreibung

To address the crises of the Anthropocene, Andrew Pickering proposes a new way of being and doing that he calls acting with the world, in which we foreground nonhuman and more-than-human agency and attune our practices to those that align with the world’s best interests.

Über den Autor

Andrew Pickering is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Philosophy at University of Exeter, UK. He has held fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and universities including MIT, Princeton, and Durham. He is a leading figure in science and technology studies and has published widely on the history, sociology and philosophy of science, technology and mathematics. His writings have been translated into many languages, including Chinese translations of his books Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics (1984), Science as Practice and Culture (1992), and The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency and Science (1995). His most recent book is The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future (2010). He is now working on cybernetic relations with nature and cybernetic art.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Introduction. Acting on or with the World 1
1. Eels: The Dance of Agency 16
2. The Mississippi: Enframing and Letting Go 20
3. Erosion: Poiesis 29
4. The Colorado 32
5. Water: A New Paradigm 46
6. Natural Farming 56
7. A Choreography of Fire 77
8. Spirits 91
Conclusion. Poiesis 97
Notes 107
References 135
Index 151

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781478031512
ISBN-10:	1478031514
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pickering, Andrew
Hersteller:	Duke University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Andrew Pickering
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.03.2025
Gewicht:	0,256 kg

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