Metamodernism

As a transindividual, I am uniquely a no-self, an individual self, and simultaneously a self that is part of the whole. Any transformation I experience as an individual is seamlessly redistributed or communicated through systems I am connected to in the fractal relationship between self and self-as-other. This is a…

A very important article — that very few of you will read — Whenever everyday people start asking themselves the question… Wait a minute, if people of yesteryear did all sorts of things we find barbaric, from keeping slaves to public flogging, what might future civilizations be equally appalled by in our age? … they almost inevitably come up with some version of…

Why our ecological sensibilities need a proper reconstruction — and how DEGROWTH can be achieved — → If we seek to apply a “metamodern” perspective, and we seek to stimulate a higher probability of Protopia in the world, what kind of green or ecological political thinking (“ecologism”) makes sense? → To respond to this question, we must zoom in on a more practical one: If all…

Revolutionary Happiness is the title of an artwork I completed and minted on Teia, earlier this year. It has now become the starting point of a wider collaborative project involving artists whose work I’ve come to know, respect and value. The original work was conceived as a triptych because in…

lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāhu wa muḥammadan rasūlu -llāh “There is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God.” This basic proclamation of faith, known as the Shahada, is at the basis of both Islamic theological and legal thinking and its recitation is one of the basic pillars…

Which perspectives have you been missing? — In light of the war in Ukraine, issues of nationalism have resurfaced with full force: Is nationalism the same as patriotism? Is it good or bad; a force for self-sacrifice and unity, or one of militant tribalism and aggression? …

Introduction — I am going to try out something here on Medium: publishing a novel I’ve written, chapter by chapter. The extent to which I continue to publish it will depend on the interest my readers have for it. If you like what you’re reading, share it widely with others! You never…

Taking Turns at the Edge of the Paradigm Shift — Contents: - Introduction: A Metamodern Left Turn - Political Left Overton Window - Metamodern (Re-)Orientation - The Cosmopolitan Socialist Left - An Acid Trip down Memory (Hole) Lane - Enter Alter-Metamodernism - Unfinished Business and Loose Ends - Conclusion: Convergence on the Event Horizon Introduction: A Metamodern Left Turn Metamodernism is a transpartisan project but necessarily with politically leftist roots; one that potentially includes many stripes of people in a big reorientation. We define and prove this point by affirming that metamodernism at least reflects the following gestures; an academic response to post-postmodernism(s), not just postmodernism; the concept of…

The social construction of reality is becoming self-conscious — making us ready to reshape the world as we know it — Since 2021, the phenomenon of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) has shocked the world. Here I track the sociological underpinnings of this strange phenomenon — how it emerges from postmodern art — and show how its apparent evils may portend great potentials for benevolent transformations of society.