METAMODERNISM AS WE PERCEIVE IT (QUICK REVIEW)

Abstract

Metamodernism is a new moment in philosophy, art, literature, fashion, photography, economics, politics and other spheres of human activities. It is expressed through variety of mindsets, practices, forms and genres. Its prerequisites were Modernist and Postmodernist movements, the roots of which were found in the early XIX and then in the midst of the XX century. Metamodernism comprises changes and oscillations in style and manner of thinking and behavior. The prefix meta is a term of Greek origin and means “after, between, beyond†that is Metamodernism is a movement that emerged and covered the period after Postmodernism. Its features completely distinguish from its predecessor: Metamodernism is serious, sincere, it oscillates from one polarity to another, between diametrically opposed ideas, like enthusiasm and irony, naivety and knowingness, totality and fragmentation, bright and plain and so on, whereas Postmodernism is playful, insincere, unsteady and ironic. Robin van den Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen, the researchers from the Netherlands, describe Metamodernism as a nonstop action, a “constant repositioning†between position and mindsets, something like a “pendulum swinging†between the above mentioned polarities. The article is a quick review of identity of Metamodernism in culture, particularly, in poetry and architecture, as these fields give an easier chance to see the characteristic features of the movement and its results in the development of the XXI century culture more distinctly.