In 1991, Bruno Latour published 'We Have Never Been Modern,' a critical examination of the modern dichotomy between nature and culture. Latour introduced Actor-Network Theory, arguing that humans and non-humans are intricately entangled in a web of relationships that shape our understanding of the world. This work challenged traditional views of modernity and has had a lasting impact on sociology, science studies, and environmental discourse.

Bruno Latour's 'We Have Never Been Modern' dissolved the nature/culture binary, providing a theoretical framework for 21st-century ecopoetry. Poets like Alice Oswald and Craig Santos Perez draw upon this framework to explore the interconnectedness of human and non-human worlds in their works.