Reinterpreting Plato’s Cave : Latour’s, Serres’, and a Quantum Path to a Pluriversal Spring time for Humanity

(Paper presented for an international conference at Madras University on 28th January 2026) This paper reinterprets Plato’s Allegory of the Cave through the lenses of Bruno Latour and Michel Serres, proposing a quantum-inspired pathway toward a “pluriversal springtime” for humanity—a renewed planetary civilization that harmonizes unity with diversity. Latour critiques the Cave as a modernist “Constitution” enforcing dual ruptures...