Metamodernism and Social Sciences

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SOURCE REFERENCE: Metamodernism and Social Sciences

Title: Metamodernism and Social Sciences: Scoping the Future Authors: Pipere & Mārtinsone Publisher: MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) Date: 2022

SUMMARY

Academic framework applying metamodernism to philosophy of science. Directly relevant to understanding how metamodern theory can structure research and inquiry.

KEY CONCEPTS:

  • Six Principles of Metamodernist Philosophy
    1. Simultaneity (ontology) — oscillation across dimensions without resolution
    2. Paradoxical truth (epistemology) — ideas can be “locally absolute” while not universally true
    3. Metaxis thinking + polylogue — beyond dialogue to multiple voices held together
    4. Rhizomatic/hierarchical negotiation (axiology) — values emerge from tension 5-6. Methodology principles [full article needed for details]

METAMODERNISM CORE:

  • Not a synthesis of modernism and postmodernism — an oscillation between them
  • Inhabiting multiple positions simultaneously without resolving into either
  • Can believe earnestly AND maintain ironic distance, not alternating but holding both at once

RESPONDS TO METACRISIS:

  • Meaning crisis (alienation, bullshit proliferation)
  • Mental health crisis (anxiety, depression)
  • Techno-environmental crisis
  • Digital globalization crisis (institutions can’t keep up)

VUCA → BANI SHIFT: From Volatile/Uncertain/Complex/Ambiguous to:

  • Brittle (fragile, prone to collapse)
  • Anxious (emotionally overwhelming)
  • Nonlinear (unpredictable cause/effect)
  • Incomprehensible (beyond current frameworks)

GRAND NARRATIVES:

  • Modernism: believes in them
  • Postmodernism: disbelieves them
  • Metamodernism: creates space for them without requiring them

RELEVANCE: This paper provides philosophical scaffolding for understanding metamodernism as both theoretical framework and lived practice. Essential for understanding oscillation as legitimate philosophical position.

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