Metamodernism: Understanding the Spirit of the Age

The metamodern mood is hopeful but cautious, sincere but self-aware, believing while doubting all the same.

Why Sincere Self-Awareness Leads to Stasis in Beautiful World, Where Are You

In Beautiful World, Where Are You, Rooney’s characters stay in a state of perpetual moral paralysis so as to avoid falling to their knees.

ELSEWHERE: Terry Eagleton Reflects on American Sincerity