Have you read All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity by Marshall Berman? I think you'd like it.
Metamodernism does seem closer to where we should be rather than post-modernism which is just an empty void of nonsense. I'm going to have to explore this a bit more.
I actually have been thinking about modernism quite a bit recently, ever since I started reading Berman. I think you'd like my piece "Maybe Modernity Has Only Just Begun" or my other archival investigation into the locomotive as a metaphor of modernity in the early 20th century.
Cool, great! The book is really a must-read, I am really devouring it at the moment. Highly recommend, especially if you are looking for inspiration on what modernity could and should be.
"Yet a movement needs something radical…right? Something that can be held up to the world so proponents can say: Look! This is our movement! This is the peak of modern humanity at this moment in time!"
I wonder how much of this kind of generational epitomizing depends on a post-mortem analysis of the culture. When the pendulum swings the other way, we might have a better idea of what came before and its uniqueness in relation to the next thing?
Have you read All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity by Marshall Berman? I think you'd like it.
Metamodernism does seem closer to where we should be rather than post-modernism which is just an empty void of nonsense. I'm going to have to explore this a bit more.
I actually have been thinking about modernism quite a bit recently, ever since I started reading Berman. I think you'd like my piece "Maybe Modernity Has Only Just Begun" or my other archival investigation into the locomotive as a metaphor of modernity in the early 20th century.
https://novum.substack.com/p/real-modernity-has-only-just-started
Either way, subscribed... keep up the writing fren
I've never heard of that book but I'll definitely check it out! I'll check out your work, too. Sounds just like the kinda thing I'd enjoy. Thanks!
Cool, great! The book is really a must-read, I am really devouring it at the moment. Highly recommend, especially if you are looking for inspiration on what modernity could and should be.
"Yet a movement needs something radical…right? Something that can be held up to the world so proponents can say: Look! This is our movement! This is the peak of modern humanity at this moment in time!"
I wonder how much of this kind of generational epitomizing depends on a post-mortem analysis of the culture. When the pendulum swings the other way, we might have a better idea of what came before and its uniqueness in relation to the next thing?