Interesting article on metamodernism. I'm not sure if we need more 'isms' but like all classification systems, it did help me to think about how my work relates, and how I would see myself fitting into such a framework. Broadly as I understanding:
- Modernism: Inspired by scientific thinking, the search for absolute truths - focus on the whole, and the 'true' nature of things
- Postmodernism: Reaction to modernism, rejecting the search for absolute truth on the basis that all truth is relative - the search for absolute truth is seen as simplistic and perhaps dangerous - focus on the connected nature of things, and the futility of making absolute statements
- Metamodernism: Reaction to both modernism and postmodernism, rejecting both the search for absolute truth, but also the denial of subjective truth. A recognition that while truth is subjective, it is nevertheless true for the person experiencing it - your reality is all you have
Assuming I've understood it correctly, I really like metamodernism, and I would say a lot of my work is perhaps metamoderist.
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