29. The Future of Theory (w/ Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm)

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm is an historian and philosopher, Professor of Religion and Chair of Science & Technology Studies at Williams College. He received his PhD from Stanford University and his MA from Harvard University. He joins Brendan to discuss his work of systematic metamodern philosophy, 'Metamodernism: The Future of Theory.' 0:00 Introduction 2:34 What "Metamodernism"? 7:55 A Metamodern Attractor 9:40 The Postmodern Paradigm 15:58 Deconstructing Deconstruction: The Anarchist's Cookbook to Destroy Concepts 26:33 Reconstructing from the Pieces 29:40 Going Meta 36:57 After Deconstruction: From Objects to Processes 45:21 Development as Identity? Contingency and the Genetic Fallacy 59:34 Meaning after the "Linguistic Turn": Hylosemiotics + a World