A Metamodern Genealogy of Postmodern Genealogy w/ Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm

I just chatted with metamodern philosopher Jason Storm about his new book, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History, in which he subjects postmodern genealogy to its own scrutiny. In the process, genealogy as a method is itself denaturalized and deeply problematized, as Jason unmasks its historical entanglements with oppressive power structures and constructed origins. In doing so, core postmodern strategies are undermined according to their own logic, clearing the field for more constructive metamodern alternatives.

0:00 Introduction1:26 What is “Genealogy”?6:50 Applying Postmodern Genealogy to Postmodern Genealogy9:41 A Metamodern Project17:30 From History to Genealogy: A Brief Critical History of Critical Histories29:07 Problematizing Genealogy: The Legacy of Racist Eugenics36:33 Undermining the Way Genealogy Undermines47:40 Nietzsche as Progenitor: Problematic “Founder”1:11:36 Foucault and Constructed Origins1:33:13 Conclusion

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