Brent Cooper: Metamodernism and the Future(s) - 4Sight Chats SE2 Ep. 2

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The 2nd episode of the 2nd season of the 4Sight Chats Series, with Brent Cooper. Brent is a geopolitical sociologist, founder of The Abs-Tract Organization, and filmmaker. Alex is PhD candidate at NUS Business School (Singapore), and Associate Editor of the journal "World Futures Review".     Chat Outline:   - What is metamodernism?  - The normative aspect of metamodernism   - Differences and similarities between metamodernism and integral theory  - The relation between metamodernism and science  - Brent's film, The AbsTract: Core Philosophy, Act I   Available in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4OK4noHkVE MENTIONED REFERENCES   Brent’s Medium: https://medium.com/@brentcooper  Vermeulen & van den Akker (2010). Notes on Metamodernism: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677  Hanzi’s articles on metamodernism: https://metamoderna.org/  Hanzi (2019). Nordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two: https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ideology-Metamodern-Politics-Guides/dp/8799973928  Alex’s article on the futures of capitalism: https://www.academia.edu/37518829/Scenario_archetypes_of_the_futures_of_capitalism_The_conflict_between_the_psychological_attachment_to_capitalism_and_the_prospect_of_its_dissolution  Brent’s article about integral theory and metamodernism https://medium.com/the-abs-tract-organization/integral-abstraction-41a7d8597476    Rowson’s article about Metamodernism in the Perspectiva book: https://systems-souls-society.com/metamodernism-and-the-perception-of-context-the-cultural-between-the-political-after-and-the-mystic-beyond/  Alex’s article about the resistance to scientific theory in futures and foresight (with Thomas Chermack): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ffo2.61  Brent’s article in The Side View: https://thesideview.co/journal/mapping-metamodernism-for-collective-intelligence/  Brent’s short film, The AbsTract: Core Philosophy, Act I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJBRI53hmrE&t=0s  Trailer of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVDk-u1xqRU     Support Alex's videos: https://www.patreon.com/alexfergnani

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The 2nd episode of the 2nd season of the 4Sight Chats Series, with Brent Cooper. Brent is a geopolitical sociologist, founder of The Abs-Tract Organization, and filmmaker. Alex is PhD candidate at NUS Business School (Singapore), and Associate Editor of the journal "World Futures Review". Chat Outline: - What is metamodernism? - The normative aspect of metamodernism - Differences and similarities between metamodernism and integral theory - The relation between metamodernism and science - Brent's film, The AbsTract: Core Philosophy, Act I Available in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4OK4noHkVE MENTIONED REFERENCES Brent’s Medium: https://medium.com/@brentcooper Vermeulen & van den Akker (2010). Notes on Metamodernism: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677 Hanzi’s articles on metamodernism: https://metamoderna.org/ Hanzi (2019). Nordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two: https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ideology-Metamodern-Politics-Guides/dp/8799973928 Alex’s article on the futures of capitalism: https://www.academia.edu/37518829/Scenario_archetypes_of_the_futures_of_capitalism_The_conflict_between_the_psychological_attachment_to_capitalism_and_the_prospect_of_its_dissolution Brent’s article about integral theory and metamodernism https://medium.com/the-abs-tract-organization/integral-abstraction-41a7d8597476 Rowson’s article about Metamodernism in the Perspectiva book: https://systems-souls-society.com/metamodernism-and-the-perception-of-context-the-cultural-between-the-political-after-and-the-mystic-beyond/ Alex’s article about the resistance to scientific theory in futures and foresight (with Thomas Chermack): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ffo2.61 Brent’s article in The Side View: https://thesideview.co/journal/mapping-metamodernism-for-collective-intelligence/ Brent’s short film, The AbsTract: Core Philosophy, Act I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJBRI53hmrE&t=0s Trailer of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVDk-u1xqRU Support Alex's videos: https://www.patreon.com/alexfergnani

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