Philosopher's Zone
Philosopher's Zone
ABC ABC Australia
Sincerity, irony and metamodernism
38 minutes Posted Mar 25, 2026 at 11:00 pm.
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The supposed evils of postmodern culture have been endlessly catalogued: moral relativism, the loss of shared values, ironic detachment, a pathological aversion to sincerity, and all rooted in a philosophical worldview that casts a sceptical eye on master narratives and the concept of transcendent truth. But have we finally moved on from postmodernism? This week we explore the concept of metamodernism, a cultural disposition that seeks to reintroduce interiority and feeling to postmodern playfulness.