Historical information

Sociological text that explores social structure. Marxist and Durkeimian influences.

Editor's introduction: Power/knowledge and the dissolution of the sociology of knowledge / John Law --
Art exhibitions and power during the nineteenth century / Gordon J. Fyfe --
The Politics of schism: routinisation and social control in the International Socialists/Socialist workers' party / Steve Rayner --
The Social preconditions of radical scepticism / Mary Douglas --
The values of quantification / Jean Lave --
'Interests' in political analysis / Barry Hindess --
Interactive-orientation and argumentation in scientific texts / Steven Yearley --
The Question of ideology: Althusser, Pecheux and Foucault / Mark Cousins and Athar Hussain --
On authority and its relationship to power / Barry Barnes --
Some elements of a sociology of translation: domestication of the scallops and the fishermen of St Brieuc Bay / Michel Callon --
On the methods of long-distance control: vessels, navigation and the Portuguese route to India / John Law --
The Powers of association / Bruno Latour.

Significance

Socially and politically significant. Broad relevance to how societies work.

Physical description

Paperback; white background; blue and black text; price sticker; 280 pages.

Inscriptions & markings

Back cover: contributors' and editor's bios.
Front cover: editor's name and title.