Metamodernism

Metamodernism is a term referring to contemporary art and theory that is self-aware in proceeding, or responding to, modernism and postmodernism. Metamodern advocates agree with many postmodern critiques of modernism (for example, highlighting gender inequality); however, contend that postmodern deconstruction and critical analytic strategies fall short in facilitating resolutions that a modernist may actually seek as well.^[1]^[2]

Metamodern scholarship initially focused on interpretting art, and it established a foundation by observing the growing blend of irony and sincerity (or post-irony) as seemingly opposed elements. Later theorists have adopted a similar logic in approaching various fields holistically, and many have cited Ken Wilber's Integral Theory as a significant influence in their work.^[3]^[4]

The term "metamodern" first appeared as early as 1975, when scholar Mas'ud Zavarzadeh used it to describe emerging American literature from the mid-1950s,^[5] and later notably in 1999 when Moyo Okediji applied the term to contemporary African-American art as an "extension of and challenge to modernism and postmodernism."^[6] It was not until Vermeulen and van den Akker's 2010 essay "Notes on Metamodernism" that the subject garnered broader attention within academia.^[7]

A pendulum swinging back and forth. — To describe "the structure of feeling" of metamodernism, Vermeulen and van den Akker use the metaphor of a pendulum continually oscillating from the sincere seriousness of modernism to the ironic playfulness of postmodernism.^[8]^[9]^[10]

^ Rowson, Jonathan, ed. (2021). Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and Emergence in Metamodernity. London: Perspectiva Press. ISBN 978-1914568046.
^ Stoev, Dina (2022). "Metamodernism or Metamodernity". Arts. 11 (5): 91. doi:10.3390/arts11050091.
^ "What Is Metamodernism? | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Zavarzadeh, Mas'ud (1975). "The Apocalyptic Fact and the Eclipse of Fiction in Recent American Prose Narratives". Journal of American Studies. Vol. 9, no. 1. pp. 69–83. ISSN 0021-8758. JSTOR 27553153.
^ Okediji, Moyo (1999). Harris, Michael (ed.). Transatlantic Dialogue: Contemporary Art In and Out of Africa. Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina. pp. 32–51. ISBN 9780295979335. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
^ Vermeulen, Timotheus; van den Akker, Robin (2010). "Notes on metamodernism". Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. 2 (1): 5677. doi:10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677. ISSN 2000-4214.
^ Kovalova, Mariia; Alforova, Zoya; Sokolyuk, Lyudmyla; Chursin, Oleksandr; Obukh, Liudmyla (18 October 2022). "The digital evolution of art: current trends in the context of the formation and development of metamodernism" (PDF). Revista Amazonia Investiga. 11 (56): 114–123. doi:10.34069/AI/2022.56.08.12. ISSN 2322-6307. S2CID 253834353.
^ Vermeulen, Timotheus; van den Akker, Robin (2010). "Notes on metamodernism". Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. 2 (1): 8. doi:10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677. ISSN 2000-4214. S2CID 164789817.
^ Kersten & Wilbers 2018, p. 719.

[:3-1] Rowson, Jonathan, ed. (2021). Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and Emergence in Metamodernity. London: Perspectiva Press. ISBN 978-1914568046.

[2] Stoev, Dina (2022). "Metamodernism or Metamodernity". Arts. 11 (5): 91. doi:10.3390/arts11050091.

[3] "What Is Metamodernism? | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-05-31.

[:4-4] Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Zavarzadeh, Mas'ud (1975). "The Apocalyptic Fact and the Eclipse of Fiction in Recent American Prose Narratives". Journal of American Studies. Vol. 9, no. 1. pp. 69–83. ISSN 0021-8758. JSTOR 27553153.

[Okediji-6] Okediji, Moyo (1999). Harris, Michael (ed.). Transatlantic Dialogue: Contemporary Art In and Out of Africa. Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina. pp. 32–51. ISBN 9780295979335. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

[journalofaestheticsandculture-7] Vermeulen, Timotheus; van den Akker, Robin (2010). "Notes on metamodernism". Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. 2 (1): 5677. doi:10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677. ISSN 2000-4214.

[8] Kovalova, Mariia; Alforova, Zoya; Sokolyuk, Lyudmyla; Chursin, Oleksandr; Obukh, Liudmyla (18 October 2022). "The digital evolution of art: current trends in the context of the formation and development of metamodernism" (PDF). Revista Amazonia Investiga. 11 (56): 114–123. doi:10.34069/AI/2022.56.08.12. ISSN 2322-6307. S2CID 253834353.

[Notes_on_metamodernism-9] Vermeulen, Timotheus; van den Akker, Robin (2010). "Notes on metamodernism". Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. 2 (1): 8. doi:10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677. ISSN 2000-4214. S2CID 164789817.

[FOOTNOTEKerstenWilbers2018719-10] Kersten & Wilbers 2018, p. 719.

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