ABSTRACT
In this chapter we will:
Provide an answer to the question, why should one study actor-network theory (ANT)?
Introduce the main tenets of an actor-network approach
Identify the key writers associated with ANT
Provide a brief introduction to the intellectual genealogy of ANT in sociology and the social sciences more broadly
Position ANT within contemporary social theory
Elicit and induce in the reader a way of thinking compatible with ANT
Briefly indicate some of the differences between the main protagonists of ANT
‘De-position’ ANT within emerging approaches influenced by ANT but which also mark the nuances of a post-ANT or ‘ANT and after’ agenda.
