Actor Network and Conduct: The Discipline and Practices of Knowledge Management
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Organization
- Vol. 6 (3) , 405-428
- https://doi.org/10.1177/135050849963003
Abstract
The works of Gillian Rose in philosophy and social theory provide an alternative perspective on the debates around Actor-Network Theory (ANT), which goes beyond the choice between `radical epistemology' versus `radical politics'. This paper outlines some salient elements of her work, in particular the concept of `diremption `—forced splitting—and `the broken middle' between law and ethics. The paper builds on this work in arguing that a focus on conduct, defined as both discipline and practices, can remain critical of the contemporary world whilst aware of the problems of representation and explanation addressed within ANTKeywords
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