Fluid constellation : hybrid dynamics of the Irish bottled water industry
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Sean Dunne, 'Fluid constellation : hybrid dynamics of the Irish bottled water industry', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008, pp 317Download Item:
Abstract:
This dissertation provides an analysis of the Irish bottled water industry by
constructing a revised version of Adorno's method of immanent critique. It
incorporates the negative dialectical approach advanced by Adorno and revises it with
the nonmodern perspective argued by Bruno Latour and other Actor Network
Theorists. The strategy employed throughout the research involved the juxtaposition
of marketing, regulatory and industrial networks of practice and demonstrated the
various attractions and aversions that exist between each network. This framework
was designed as an attempt to unravel the sociohistorical significance found within
Irish bottled water by analysing the many networks, actants and ideologies that
contribute to the production of Irish bottled water.
Author: Dunne, Sean
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Tovey, HilaryQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of SociologyNote:
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