My article "The Hegemony of Genealogy" is out in one my fav journals, "boundary 2." Basically an early draft of the 1st chapter of "The Genealogy of Genealogy," but with special attention to the role boundary 2 itself played in the rise of genealogy. Enjoy! read.dukeupress.edu/boundary-2/a...

My article "The Hegemony of Genealogy" is out in one my fav journals, "boundary 2." Basically an early draft of the 1st chapter of "The Genealogy of Genealogy," but with special attention to the role boundary 2 itself played in the rise of genealogy. Enjoy! read.dukeupress.edu/boundary-2/a...

On a related note, there are plans a foot at the University of Oregon to possibly eliminate multiple humanities departments, including Religious Studies. Please read this and consider signing the petition in the comments: aarweb.org/news/an-appe...

“Chicago has long helped to keep alive tiny fields & esoteric areas of humanistic study... Without the univ’s support, & the continued training of grad students who can keep these bodies of kn going, entire spheres of human learning might eventually blink out.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

one last thing, hopefully not for you, but nevertheless: keep doing the work, humanists. keep writing the stuff that pisses all the right people off, keep teaching your students to imagine better futures, keep learning all kinds of nerdy stuff. we’ll need that knowledge. and that heart. 💜

My next book—The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History—has an official publication date: April 5, 2026! The publisher’s page is up with TOC & a preorder button (no cover yet): press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Look here for more details as they materialize.

My next book—The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History—has an official publication date: April 5, 2026! The publisher’s page is up with TOC & a preorder button (no cover yet): press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Look here for more details as they materialize.

Echoes of Vilém Flusser, up front from @profstorm.bsky.social - "Postmodern doubt can be made to doubt itself ... show us the way toward humble, emancipatory knowledge" - a rich book: #doubt

It didn't arrive in time for my recent Baltic speaking tour, but now that I'm back I'm looking forward to digging into @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social 's new book, "Silence of the Gods: The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples." Looks like a fascinating read.

Thrilled to see the Vietnamese edition of "Metamodernism: The Future of Theory" now out (published as THUYẾT SIÊU-HIỆN ĐẠI: Tương lai của Lý thuyết). It is a real joy to see the ideas finding new life and new readers. Grateful to the translators who brought it across. www.ired.edu.vn/xuat-ban/thu...

My article “Sex, Magic, & Rockets or the Implications of the Babalon Working for Theories of Belief and Rationality” is out now in Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. One of my more amusing titles. DM me for a PDF if you're paywalled. Enjoy! brill.com/view/journal...

After a late night, I rose early and slipped out of Vilnius through the Gates of Dawn, seemed fitting. Northward now, by train. The ESSWE conference was a real gift! Thought-provoking talks, generous colleagues, and the honor of delivering a keynote. I’ll carry this city with me a while.

Acquisitions Editor Erika Mandarino at the DGB booth at ESSWE. Check out our books 👀 📚 like those edited by keynote speakers Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm and by Manon Hedenborg White @profstorm.bsky.social #ESSWE10 #Esotericism #VilniusUniversity ##EsoteriSky #PhilSky #PhilHist

Labas, Vilnius! I will be here all week for ESSWE. Looking forward to connecting with folks at the conference. If you’re in Vilnius already, I’m giving a talk tomorrow (Monday) on the forthcoming Genealogy book, it would be great to see some folks there. Details in link. fb.me/e/5MZppPoQY?...

Some of you might get a kick out of this short research note I wrote for Harvard’s CSWR: “The Body is Never Just Flesh.” about rival medical epistemologies, spectral anatomies, & the contested meaning of dissection in Edo-Meiji Japan. Enjoy! cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/05...

Had a great time talking with Muftah for their new podcast series. Discussing the role of policing "superstition" and the secular, the history of magic-religion-science, my more recent work on critical history. If that sounds like your kind of thing, give it a listen: www.muftah.org/p/superstiti...

Very excited to share our latest episode of @proteanview.muftah.org, in which we interview Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm on Superstition and the Secular. On @muftah.org: www.muftah.org/p/superstiti...

Just did my second interview with Homebrewed Christianity—this time we talk "The Myth of Disenchantment" and how it ties into notions of metacrisis. Good stuff! (I completely forgot it was a video interview, so pardon the hair.) #AcademicSky www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/04/28/j...

Recent Pew Survey "Beliefs in spirits, afterlife are popular across religiously diverse countries." I used to tag this kind of thing with #TheWorldofEnchantment on the old platform. Might be time to bring that back. religionnews.com/2025/05/08/b...

Interesting moment: "New pope chose his name based on AI’s threats to “human dignity”" will have to think on it more. Posting mostly for my own future reference but you too might be curious arstechnica.com/information-...

More gold from the FH archives: @profstorm.bsky.social on myths of disenchantment & Max Weber’s brushes with the occult.

Excited to be starting a term on the book awards jury for the American Academy of Religion! Nothing to report yet—the books are still on their way (and everything’s confidential anyway so don’t expect updates here)—but I’m genuinely curious to see what people have been thinking and writing about.

It has been a busy semester, but I’ve had a few great podcast chats lately. First up: a conversation with Epistemic Alchemy on metamodern scholarship, pedagogy, & above all what it means to think seriously in strange times. Give it a listen! mraei1974.podbean.com/e/metamodern...

Been off social media lately, but wanted to share this podcast interview I did with Peter Spear at The Business of Meaning on “Revolution & Happiness” and why utopian thinking matters—especially in dark times. thatbusinessofmeaning.substack.com/p/jason-anan...

Church Life Journal just published a short excerpt from "The Myth of Disenchantment" on Ludwig Klages and the magical foundations of critical theory. Take a look! churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the...

Church Life Journal just published a short excerpt from "The Myth of Disenchantment" on Ludwig Klages and the magical foundations of critical theory. Take a look! churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the...

"...belief in dowsing (45.6%) and ley lines (41.5%) registering the highest [then] black magic (36.3%), hauntings (35.9%), mysterious creatures (32.9%), and curses (30.0%). The lowest levels of belief were reported for belief in Bigfoot (14.8%), the U.K. Wildman (14.8%), and fairies (15.4%)."

Brendan & I have been having some great conversations with contributors to the first issue of "Metamodern Theory and Praxis." Here’s a fantastic interview with Lene Rachel Andersen about her article on polymodern economics. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBxV...

Brendan & I have been having some great conversations with contributors to the first issue of "Metamodern Theory and Praxis." Here’s a fantastic interview with Lene Rachel Andersen about her article on polymodern economics. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBxV...

I just came across "How Psychology Can Benefit From the Academic Study of Esotericism" by Júlia Gyimesi. The abstract looks fascinating! Sharing mostly for my own future reading but also for anyone else who might find it interesting. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

babe wake up a SHWEP interview with Charles Stang and Jason Josephson-Storm on the role of Theosophical Society on the formation of the discipline of Religious Studies just dropped (!!!!!!!!) open.spotify.com/episode/3FnK...

Officially out today: my conversation with @profstorm.bsky.social 's metamodernism brill.com/view/journal... #religion #magic

I'm 11 hours into the 16 hour audiobook of @profstorm.bsky.social's The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences, and MoD officially squeezes out Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics & the Invention of the Self for Best Book I Read in 2024 #Booksky #Philosophy

Para celebrar la esperada publicación de ‘El futuro de la teoría. Un manifiesto metamodernista’ en Mutatis Mutandis, Juan Iturraspe y un servidor, junto a Matheus Calderón, entrevistamos de nuevo a Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm acerca del impás posmoderno. Estreno, esta tarde. youtu.be/tpuLhO--KwU

Con respecto a mi publicación anterior, aquí estoy tratando de explicar rápidamente el Metamodernismo en español.. con ayuda. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WAi...

Encantado de anunciar que ya está disponible la traducción en español de mi libro manifiesto metamodernista. ¡Qué orgullo verlo publicado! / Thrilled to announce the Spanish translation of Metamodernism is out! So proud to see it out in the world! mutatis-mutandis.es/libro/el-fut...

One of my favorite living novelists is reading my book! What an incredible honor! (Also humbling because I know I'll never live up to his prose chops.)

Seoul National University Library now owns Jason A. Josephson-Storm's (@profstorm.bsky.social) masterpiece, <The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences>.

Just wrapped up a great chat with some sharp Stanford grad students and @annabigelow786.bsky.social about "The Myth of Disenchantment." Their research projects are impressive and their questions were insightful. Feeling grateful to be part of the exchange of ideas!

Advanced apology for my new friends on here. if I am slow to reply, it’s because I’ve turned off notifications, as I am rationing my time on here. Trying (and often failing) to keep the phone at bay. Thanks in advance for your patience!

The first issue of our new journal "Metamodern Theory & Praxis" is now out! Completely free to read. Check it out! (We hope to interview the contributors to the journal so if you prefer your content in a different format stay tuned for that as well) sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v...

Thought I’d make my first post both positive and useful-so here’s a list of all of the free-to-view titles now available on the British Newspaper Archive: blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/a...

“Not only have many human sciences dissolved their central categories; most have also long since abandoned notions of working toward a shared object of inquiry. This apocalypse—if that’s what it is—is old news. We are already postapocalyptic.” @profstorm.bsky.social academic.oup.com/chicago-scho...

One of the most frustrating narratives links humanities majors w poor employment prospects and outcomes. “The data really does say otherwise.” I wrote abt the new & important Humanities Indicators state level report for @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social 🗃️ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/14/h...

As I haven't seen one yet, I've created a Starter Pack for #Metamodernism. If you're a metamodernist or your work is connected to metamodernism and you'd like to be included, please let me know. Equally, if you're on this list and would like to be removed, just let me know too! go.bsky.app/P7DJ2ww

Morbid frontispiece to “Skeletons” a la Zen master Ikkyū 一休 (1394-1481). A meditation on impermanence. 1847 manuscript edn. of 一休骸骨 held by Ryukoku University Library, Kyoto.

Hello again, for anyone who hasn't found enough starter packs yet: the occult one! JOIN US go.bsky.app/UMEXvim

I finished The Myth of Disenchantment by @profstorm.bsky.social Philosophy and sociology are quite far out of my wheelhouse (plus there’s my energy issues which make focussing a challenge) so I won’t pretend to have fully grasped it all, but I did find it fascinating and thoroughly enjoyed it 👍🏻

"Glimmering Gods of the Electric Age," a short reflection on some of the research I've been doing at Harvard this semester. I was heavily constrained by word-limit, but I thought some of you might find it interesting: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/05/08/2...

Excited to join Muftah Magazine’s relaunch w/ my essay "Prospects of the Metamodern" (& honored that the magazine has added metamodern to its new mission). Are we on the cusp of an intellectual phase transition? What is #metamodernism? Curious? Read on! muftah.org/2024/05/16/p...