Environmental Sociology

With its provocative title We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour radically questions the taken-for-granted foundations of the modern world. The book is one of the central texts in the sociology of science and marks a turning point in thinking about the relationships between nature, technology, and society. Latour argues that modernity is an illusion—an

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Risk Society (1986) by Ulrich Beck laid the foundation for a sociology of modernity that no longer focuses primarily on class and production relations but on socially produced risks. The book quickly became a classic in the social sciences and has significantly shaped debates on globalization, individualization, and ecological crises. What is a Risk Society?

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