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The way out of postmodernism lead through the intensified search for meaning, through the introduction of new, surprising forms or through the return to an authentic origin. Instead, it …

Here at What Is Metamodern, we were delighted to hear from a fellow inquirer, Professor (John) Baylock, who has created a provocative and enjoyable video lecture analyzing an episode of TV’s The X-Files: …

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Irony and cynicism were just what the U.S. hypocrisy of the fifties and sixties called for. That’s what made the early postmodernists great artists. The great thing about irony …

Yay for equality!

The joys of stylized blandness.

Personality is socially constructed, genetically constructed, linguistically constructed, constructed by upbringing. Where the postmoderns go wrong is in positing a nullity behind all that. It’s not a nullity, it’s …