We Have Never Been Modern

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We Have Never Been Modern is a seminal 1991 work of science and technology studies by Bruno Latour that challenges the traditional divide between nature and society and critiques the modernist worldview.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
work of science and technology studies ⓘ
author Bruno Latour ⓘ
centralThesis modern societies constantly produce hybrids of nature and culture ⓘ
modernity is characterized by simultaneous purification and hybridization ⓘ
the modern constitution falsely separates nature and society ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
EnglishTranslationPublicationYear 1993 ⓘ
EnglishTranslationPublisher Harvard University Press ⓘ
EnglishTranslationTitle We Have Never Been Modern ⓘ
field anthropology of science ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
genre philosophy of science ⓘ
science and technology studies ⓘ
sociology of knowledge ⓘ
hasPart chapters ⓘ
conclusion ⓘ
introduction ⓘ
hasTranslation We Have Never Been Modern (English translation) ⓘ
influenced environmental humanities ⓘ
political theory of technology ⓘ
posthumanist theory ⓘ
science and technology studies ⓘ
sociology of science ⓘ
influencedBy Michel Serres ⓘ
anthropology of science ⓘ
mainSubject actor-network theory ⓘ
construction of scientific facts ⓘ
critique of modernist worldview ⓘ
hybrids of nature and society ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
nature–culture divide ⓘ
philosophy of modernity ⓘ
science and society ⓘ
movement actor-network theory ⓘ
science and technology studies ⓘ
notableIdea concept of quasi-objects and quasi-subjects ⓘ
rejection of strict separation between nature and society ⓘ
we have never actually been modern ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Nous n'avons jamais été modernes ⓘ
publicationYear 1991 ⓘ
significance considered a foundational text in actor-network theory ⓘ
major critique of the concept of modernity ⓘ
widely cited in science and technology studies ⓘ

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