Name: Metamodernism: The Future of Theory
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Author: Jason Ananda Josephson Storm
ISBN: 9780226786650

portada Metamodernism: The Future of Theory

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

Publisher

University Of Chicago Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

328

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780226786650

Edition No.

Synopsis "Metamodernism: The Future of Theory "

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.

Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

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Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm es un académico estadounidense especializado en teoría social, historia comparada de las religiones y filosofía crítica. Su trabajo se caracteriza por cuestionar categorías intelectuales que otros dan por sentadas, siempre con una mezcla de rigor y descaro intelectual que lo ha hecho destacar en espacios académicos internacionales. Es profesor universitario y ha consolidado una trayectoria sólida dentro de los estudios humanísticos, especialmente en torno a la crítica de la modernidad y los marcos conceptuales heredados.

Entre sus obras más influyentes se encuentra El futuro de la teoría, donde propone una renovación profunda de los enfoques analíticos empleados en las ciencias sociales y las humanidades. Su estilo combina erudición con una claridad poco común, haciendo accesibles debates complejos sin perder profundidad. Storm es reconocido por empujar los límites del pensamiento teórico contemporáneo y por abrir caminos que otros investigadores hoy siguen con atención.

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