ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the path from language philosophy to performativist sociology in order to emphasise what is a salient feature of the definition of performativity: the notion of "making to do". The economics discipline performs the real to the extent where, through technical devices, it is doing things to the actors of the social world. The sociology of performativity has been criticised for having devalued the Austinian concept. Studies of the performativity of economic sciences focus on socio-technical devices while setting aside the effects of language. The chapter focuses on actor-network theory (ANT) by questioning its theoretical roots. In line with ANT, the sociology of performativity takes the liberty to emancipate itself from a linguistic vision of performativity in order to be part of an approach identifying the places and technologies bringing together theories and practices.
