Aramis, or The Love of Technology/ Bruno Latour (Author), Catherine Porter (Translator)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Harvard University Press; 1996Description: 336p; 23x15cmISBN:

9780674043237

Subject(s):

Summary: Bruno Latour has written a unique and wonderful tale of a technological dream gone wrong. The story of the birth and death of Aramis (in 1987)―the guided-transportation system intended for Paris―is told in this thought-provoking and fictional account by several different parties: an engineer and his professor; company executives and elected officials; a sociologist; and finally Aramis itself, who delivers a passionate plea on behalf of technological innovations that risk being abandoned by their makers. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis’s 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. This charming and profound book, part novel and part sociological study, is Latour at his thought-provoking best.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	SAF Reference Library	Social Sciences	HE1001-5600 111.86 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		4884

Browsing SAF Reference Library shelves, Collection: Social Sciences Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous					No cover image available No cover image available			Next
Previous	HD28-9999 230.565 Managerial decision making and leadership: the essential pocket strategy book/	HD1401-2210 33.2 In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua/	HD1401-2210 33.2 In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua/	HE1001-5600 111.86 Aramis, or The Love of Technology/	HE7601-8700.9 122.357 وسائل الاتصال الجماهيري و الثقافة القاعدة و الإستثناء/	HE8689-8700.95 189.128 This is Jerusalem Calling: State Radio in Mandate Palestine/	HF5410-5417.5 115.425 Marketing in the Public Sector: A roadmap for improved performance/	Next

Bruno Latour has written a unique and wonderful tale of a technological dream gone wrong. The story of the birth and death of Aramis (in 1987)―the guided-transportation system intended for Paris―is told in this thought-provoking and fictional account by several different parties: an engineer and his professor; company executives and elected officials; a sociologist; and finally Aramis itself, who delivers a passionate plea on behalf of technological innovations that risk being abandoned by their makers. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis’s 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. This charming and profound book, part novel and part sociological study, is Latour at his thought-provoking best.

English

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.