Provocative for sociologists as well as specialists in cognitive scien
ce and even primatology, this theorical essay aims at reversing inters
ubjectivity and interobjectivity. This raises questions about well-est
ablished paradigmas in sociology, ethnomethodology and anthropology. T
hus emerges a new conception of actors and their actions, one that tak
es into account human as well as nonhuman agents and reassigns objects
a status as social actors in a ''framed interaction'', which distingu
ishes us from the apes. This caustic, innovative text asks thought-pro
voking questions.