{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chasing Leviathan","title":"Metamodernism: The Future of Theory | Dr. Jason Ananda Josephson Storm","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3951,"description":"What comes after the endless critiques of postmodernism? \nWilliams College professor Dr. Jason Ananda Josephson Storm joins host PJ Wehry to rethink the trajectory of the human sciences and chart a course for the future of academic theory. \nDr. Storm, the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Religion and Chair of Science and Technology Studies, unpacks his book, Metamodernism: The Future of Theory. Together they discuss how scholars can move past deconstruction and begin building again. \nIn this conversation they explore:🔷 Why starting with critique is necessary but terminating in critique fails to move conversations forward. \n🔷 How academic disciplines systematically dismantled their own core categories like art, religion, and society. \n🔷 The frustrating cycle of scholarly \"turns\" that repeat past mistakes without interdisciplinary awareness. \n🔷 Reclaiming the liberal arts as a practical guide for living a life worth having lived. \n🔷 The shift from academic destruction to compassionate philosophy after the birth of his daughter. \n🔷 Critical virtue ethics and the importance of struggling together to build a better world despite pervasive suffering. \nThis is a conversation for anyone exhausted by constant skepticism who wants to find constructive ways to engage with society and scholarship. \nMake sure to check out Dr. Storm's book: Metamodernism: The Future of Theory 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/022678665X\nCheck out our website at chasingleviathan.com \nWho thinks that they can subdue Leviathan? Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it. When it rises up, the mighty are terrified. Nothing on earth is its equal. It is without fear. It looks down on all who are haughty; it is king over all who are proud. \nThese words inspired PJ Wehry to create Chasing Leviathan. Chasing Leviathan was born out of two ideals: that truth is worth pursuing but will never be subjugated, and the discipline of listening is one of the most important habits anyone...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/oFG5X3hnTWeg1jpjktisRS_sI049dZZYEQFpaR8md3g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIxNDQ2LzE2MzMx/MTQ3MTctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}