we have never been modern

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"We Have Never Been Modern" is a 1991 book by French philosopher and sociologist Bruno Latour that challenges traditional distinctions between nature and society and critiques the modernist worldview.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophy book ⓘ
sociology book ⓘ
argues that modern societies constantly produce hybrids of nature and culture ⓘ
that modernity never fully achieved its claimed separation of nature and culture ⓘ
that the separation between nature and society is artificial ⓘ
author Bruno Latour ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes the idea of a clear break between premodern and modern societies ⓘ
the strict separation of nature and culture in modern thought ⓘ
genre philosophy of science ⓘ
science and technology studies ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle We Have Never Been Modern ⓘ
hasImpactOn debates about modernity and postmodernity ⓘ
environmental and ecological theory ⓘ
theory of globalization ⓘ
hasOriginalTitle We Have Never Been Modern ⓘ
surface form: Nous n’avons jamais été modernes
influencedField anthropology ⓘ
environmental humanities ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
science and technology studies ⓘ
sociology of science ⓘ
mainSubject critique of modernist worldview ⓘ
hybrids of nature and society ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
nature–culture divide ⓘ
science ⓘ
society ⓘ
notableConcept hybrids ⓘ
modern constitution ⓘ
purification and translation ⓘ
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originalLanguage French ⓘ
philosophicalTradition constructivism ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
relational ontology ⓘ
proposes critique of the modern constitution ⓘ
publicationType monograph ⓘ
publicationYear 1991 ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts ⓘ
surface form: Laboratory Life

Pandora's Hope ⓘ
surface form: Pandora’s Hope

Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society ⓘ
surface form: Science in Action
theoreticalFramework actor–network theory ⓘ

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