Metamodernism sounds great in principle because it seeks to keep the best of both modernity & postmodernism. But this depends so much on what you think the best of them are. Too often people seek a return to metanarratives accompanied by a generalized scepticism.https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/997983821768331264 …
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The word 'oscillate' gets used a lot as tho we can have our comfortable metanarratives at times but then be very skeptical of everything at others. This gets a bit dizzying. I'd much rather we made clear distinctions between things that make us feel good & things that are true
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This does not come naturally to us & so it needs to be a clear aim with clear strategies for achieving the distinction to the best of our ability. Modernity has been too sure of itself and postmodernism was too indiscriminately sceptical. We are foolish apes who overdo everything
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