Despite some of the horrors that have characterized the 20th century, this text argues that we should not reject the concepts of modernity, but try to think about them in different ways. It is divided into three areas: science and culture; identity and gender; and politics. From her analysis of these areas, the author works out a new modernity, which would include concepts of ecology and the connections between things and reject rigid separations, such as between thought and feeling, men and women, science and culture.