For decades, scholars have been calling into question the
universality of disciplinary objects and categories. The coherence
of defined autonomous categories—such as religion, science, and
art—has collapsed under the weight of postmodern critiques,
calling into question the possibility of progress and even the
value of knowledge. Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm aims to
radicalize and move beyond these deconstructive projects to offer a
path forward for the humanities and social sciences using a new
model for theory he calls metamodernism. Metamodernism works
through the postmodern critiques and uncovers the mechanisms that
produce and maintain concepts and social categories. In so doing,
Storm provides a new, radical account of society’s ever-changing
nature—what he calls a “Process Social Ontology”—and its
materialization in temporary zones of stability or “social
kinds.” Storm then formulates a fresh approach to philosophy of
language by looking beyond the typical theorizing that focuses
solely on human language production, showing us instead how our own
sign-making is actually on a continuum with animal and plant
communication. Storm also considers fundamental issues of the
relationship between knowledge and value, promoting a turn toward
humble, emancipatory knowledge that recognizes the existence of
multiple modes of the real. Metamodernism is a revolutionary
manifesto for research in the human sciences that offers a new way
through postmodern skepticism to envision a more inclusive future
of theory in which new forms of both progress and knowledge can be
realized.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2021 |
| Firstpublished: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Jason Ananda Josephson Storm
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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| Pages: |
328 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-60229-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-226-60229-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226602295 |
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