So this is happing (soon)! Getting myself psyched up now. If you are curious please attend and also check out the later session with Greg and Tim details. Opening interview with me starts at 17:20 GMT. (12:20 for us on the east coast). iai.tv/live/iai-liv...

Aug. 3 (17:20 BST/12:20 EDT), I'll be joining the IAI for a live event on Metamodernism. I'll be interviewed on "Moving Beyond Postmodernism," then debate Hilary Lawson (whose "Reflexivity" I clearly need to reread). Greg Dember & Tim Vermeulen close the event. Should be fun! iai.tv/live/iai-liv...

IAI Live August: The Metamodernist Turn

Realism promised an objective view of the world. While postmodernism taught us to distrust objective truth and all grand narratives. Today however, there is a growing sense that neither realism nor po...

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Virtual reading group on my new book with folks from the Genealogies of Modernity project. I'll even pop in for the last session. Limited number of books for participants. Register by July 20. Shaping up to be a great conversation! Details: genealogiesofmodernity.org/journal/genm...

Genealogies of Modernity — Virtual Reading Group: The Genealogy of Genealogy

Genealogies of Modernity hosts a reading group on Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm’s The Genealogy of Genealogy

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Me alegra ver la primera de una serie de charlas en español sobre mi manifiesto metamodernista. ¡Échenle un vistazo! #metamodernism : www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0gh...

Un Manifiesto Metamodernista (Josephson Storm) │ Introducción │ Libro Análisis 1

YouTube video by Dani Montenegro

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Nice to wake up to a new, very positive review of The Genealogy book. Some points of disagreement as to be expected, but really grateful to see that the reviewer praised my "impeccable historical research" and described the book as "an intellectual tour de force"!

H-Net Reviews@hnetreviews.bsky.social · last mo.

New book review: Beltramini on Josephson Storm, Jason Ānanda: _Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History, The_. University of Chicago Press, 2026. Published by H-History-and-Theory. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20155624

Really nice to read these generous comments on The Genealogy of Genealogy from Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social ! Esp. since one of the original sparks for my project was his observation that Dumézil’s influence was “a topic that requires further investigation.” Thanks for the thoughtful read!

Stuart Elden@stuartelden.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Initial Thoughts on Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm’s The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History progressivegeographies.com/2026/06/21/i... @profstorm.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Hey folks, I'll be giving a keynote at this most excellent online conference on "Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare." The call for papers is open until July 15. So I thought I'd post just in case any of you are working on relevant topics. jcrt.org/blog/2026-04...

CFP: Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare | The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory | JCRT

This call for papers invites work on religion, politics, and cognitive warfare, exploring how belief, media, conspiracy, identity, and power shape struggles over reality, interpretation, and life in a...

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"The God in the Mirror" a very short research reflection, I wrote for the CSWR at Harvard about a Japanese countertradition of self-deification as part of a broader piece on Apotheosis in Japan. A quick read: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2026/03...

Williamstown locals might dig listening to me read from the new book this afternoon (4pm May 7) at the Williams College Bookstore. It may sound dry, but I promise Nietzsche, Foucault, & just enough goth-punk intellectual menace to keep things lively: #philosophy: events.williams.edu/event/an-eve...

An Evening With Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

The genealogical method—a mode of historical analysis that shows that what looks timeless is in fact contingent, bound to shifting relations of meaning, knowledge, and power—has become the dominant pa...

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The Page 99 Test folks invited me to put The Genealogy of Genealogy through its paces. Here’s the result: page99test.blogspot.com/2026/05/jaso...

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm's "The Genealogy of Genealogy"

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm is Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Religion and chair of science and technology studies ...

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I'm honored to be giving the keynote at this conference which has now opened a call "for proposals on religion, politics, and cognitive warfare, exploring conspiracy, interpretation, AI, and struggles over truth and reality today." It'd be great to see some of you there! jcrt.org/blog/2026-04...

CFP: Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare | The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory | JCRT

Call for proposals on religion, politics, and cognitive warfare, exploring conspiracy, interpretation, AI, and struggles over truth and reality today.

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Got my hands on @profstorm.bsky.social’s new book and I’m very excited to start it!

“The Genealogy of Genealogy” has finally arrived in my mailbox! I will resist tediously promoting on here. But if anyone would like to host a Book talk, discuss it in a Reading Group or Podcast, or Teach it, I’d be happy to travel to pretty anywhere on the East Coast or Zoom in from afar.

"The God in the Mirror" a very short research reflection, I wrote for the CSWR at Harvard about a Japanese countertradition of self-deification as part of a broader piece on Apotheosis in Japan. A quick read: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2026/03...

Pleasure talking with PJ on "Chasing Leviathan" about the Metamodernism book, the nature of flourishing, and the future of the human sciences. Episode out now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohuj...

Metamodernism: The Future of Theory | Dr. Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

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Last summer in Vilnius, I had a blast doing a fun and in depth interview with Augustas Pinkevičius of Vytautas Magnus University. If you are curious, read it here #PhilSky #AcademicSky: ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/Di...

“The Genealogy of Genealogy” has finally arrived in my mailbox! I will resist tediously promoting on here. But if anyone would like to host a Book talk, discuss it in a Reading Group or Podcast, or Teach it, I’d be happy to travel to pretty anywhere on the East Coast or Zoom in from afar.

Just back from Montreal where I launched “The Genealogy of Genealogy” at McGill University. The physical copies were delayed, but the conversation more than compensated! The press reports that advance copies are now shipping and at least one has already been delivered.

I have a new article out in Cultural Science "Metamodern Theory for the Study of More-than-Human Cultures" trying to make the case for the value of hylosemiotics for studying more-than-human (esp non-human animal) "cultures." Check it out. reference-global.com/article/10.2...

Metamodern Theory for the Study of More-than-Human Cultures

This article develops a metamodern framework for the study of more-than-human cultures by integrating a materialist semiotics (hylosemiotics), with...

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Seriously, this is a great episode and I'm going to liberally borrow -- with attribution! -- from it for the introductory lecture next time I teach History of Magic. (Also, if you are not already listening to the Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast, you should be.)

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm@profstorm.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Back on one of my favorite podcasts, SHWEP, for a fascinating conversation about "The Golden Bough”’s uncanny afterlife in the history of Western Esotericism, and whether Frazer—long cast as a great debunker of magic—might actually belong among the occultists.Check it out! shwep.net/oddcast/jaso...

If you have to read anything about the prospect of “automating scientific discovery,” “agents for science,” or integrating LLMs into scientific pipelines, please let it be this essay by Kevin T. Baker: artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/context-wi...

I never get tired of talking about “The Myth of Disenchantment.” If you too are up for more, I had a great convo with Khalid Khatri on his Incisive Thoughts podcast. Give it a listen! : youtu.be/7gKeqOmL4bo

Science’s Hidden History of Magic and Spirits w/ Dr. Jason Josephson Storm

YouTube video by Incisive Thoughts

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I never get tired of talking about “The Myth of Disenchantment.” If you too are up for more, I had a great convo with Khalid Khatri on his Incisive Thoughts podcast. Give it a listen! : youtu.be/7gKeqOmL4bo

Science’s Hidden History of Magic and Spirits w/ Dr. Jason Josephson Storm

YouTube video by Incisive Thoughts

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Back in Boston for AAR. Two talks this year: on decolonizing Buddhist studies & on Foucault’s influences (details in comments). I’ll be hitting multiple receptions. Always psyched to meet new folks & reconnect with old friends and colleagues, so if you see me, come say hi. #AARSBL2025

Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, April 2026 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Genealogy of Genealogy

A daring reassessment of the critical method that reshaped the humanities—and an invitation to imagine new ways of doing history. ​ The genealogical method—a mode of historical analysis that shows tha...

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Back on one of my favorite podcasts, SHWEP, for a fascinating conversation about "The Golden Bough”’s uncanny afterlife in the history of Western Esotericism, and whether Frazer—long cast as a great debunker of magic—might actually belong among the occultists.Check it out! shwep.net/oddcast/jaso...

Back on one of my favorite podcasts, SHWEP, for a fascinating conversation about "The Golden Bough”’s uncanny afterlife in the history of Western Esotericism, and whether Frazer—long cast as a great debunker of magic—might actually belong among the occultists.Check it out! shwep.net/oddcast/jaso...

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...

An Appeal from the Department of Religious Studies at University of Oregon - AAR

A Note from the RSN Editor Religion scholars are currently facing numerous challenges, including issues of academic freedom and censorship, diminished budgets, department mergers and closures, job los...

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