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Pandora’s Hope is an extension and update of Bruno Latour’s two most important books, Science in Action (1979) and We Have Never Been Modern (1993). In this collection of essays Latour revisits the relationship between humans, natural and artefactual objects. His tone of voice is at times slightly annoyed. A certain frustration seems to have arisen from having to defend himself over and over against allegations of being a constructivist. Over the course of the essays lays out very strong arguments why these allegations are unjustified but, nevertheless, why humans have never been, and never will be, separated from their creations. For anyone interested in rethinking our relationship to natural or technological objects, this book is essential reading.