"We Have Never Been Modern"

"We Have Never Been Modern," a book by Bruno Latour, challenges the idea that modern society has fully separated nature and culture into distinct realms. Latour argues that this separation is an illusion; instead, humans, technology, and the environment are interconnected in complex ways. Moderns think they control and understand these distinctions, but in reality, they are constantly intertwined through networks of science, technology, and society. Recognizing this interconnectedness encourages a more integrated understanding of how the world functions, moving beyond the flawed notion that modernity has fully mastered or separated nature and culture.