Organising Modernity: Social Ordering and Social TheoryISBN: 978-0-631-18513-0
Paperback
240 pages
December 1993, Wiley-Blackwell
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"In this beautifully written book John Law describes a laboratory
in political and economic turmoil. His notion of the 'mode of
ordering' draws on post-structuralist theory to create a striking
and critical vision of modernity. His book is also an impassioned
reply to those on left or right who believe that it is possible to
design the perfect society. Who said nothing good came of
Thatcherism?" Michel Callon, Centre de Sociologie de
l'Innovation, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, Paris
"Professor Law's analysis offers challenges at many levels - to what we understand by laboratory management, to the nature of connections between science studies and wider social theory in throwing light on it, and on the relationship of author to subject. His most sustained challenge is to the role of the reader, who is never allowed to relax into passivity in tackling this open and honest book." Peter Healey, The Science Policy Support Group
"This is a book that reanimates the old idea of the 'sociological imagination' and which continually captivates the reader with its restless questioning, its intellectual honesty and its sheer craft." Robert Cooper, University of Lancaster