{"product_id":"the-mangle-in-practice-science-society-and-becoming-9780822343738","title":"The Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Mangle of Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), the renowned sociologist of science Andrew Pickering argued for a reconceptualization of research practice as a \"mangle,\" an open-ended, evolutionary, and performative interplay of human and non-human agency. While Pickering's ideas originated in science and technology studies, this collection aims to extend the mangle's reach by exploring its application across a wide range of fields including history, philosophy, sociology, geography, environmental studies, literary theory, biophysics, and software engineering.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mangle in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e opens with a fresh introduction to the mangle by Pickering. Several contributors then present empirical studies that demonstrate the mangle's applicability to topics as diverse as pig farming, Chinese medicine, economic theory, and domestic-violence policing. Other contributors offer examples of the mangle in action: real-world practices that implement a self-consciously \"mangle-ish\" stance in environmental management and software development. Further essays discuss the mangle as philosophy and social theory. As Pickering argues in the preface, the mangle points to a shift in interpretive sensibilities that makes visible a world of de-centered becoming. This volume demonstrates the viability, coherence, and promise of such a shift, not only in science and technology studies, but in the social sciences and humanities more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e: Lisa Asplen, Dawn Coppin, Adrian Franklin, Keith Guzik, Casper Bruun Jensen, Yiannis Koutalos, Brian Marick, Randi Markussen, Andrew Pickering, Volker Scheid, Esther-Mirjam Sent, Carol Steiner, Maxim Waldstein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Pickering is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eConstructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics \u003c\/i\u003eand the editor of \u003ci\u003eScience as Practice and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Guzik is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328938676498,"sku":"9780822343738","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52b687aa-4a88-4458-aef4-7026fb76ff1b.jpg?v=1727755174","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mangle-in-practice-science-society-and-becoming-9780822343738","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}