EP 220 Lene Rachel Andersen on Polymodernity

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Jan 30, 2024

Lene Rachel Andersen discusses the concept of polymodernity, its relationship with metamodernism, and the importance of cultural codes. They explore the origins of modernity, critique postmodernism, and emphasize the need to learn from indigenous cultures. The hosts also discuss the Bronze Age, critique Yahweh in the Bible, and highlight the importance of understanding pre-modern worldview. Lastly, they explore the current war against liberalism and the influence of the woke mind virus.

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Introduction

00:00 • 6min

Poly-modernity and Metamodernism

05:43 • 8min

Exploring the Origins and Hallmarks of Modernity

13:26 • 2min

The Transition to Fossil Fuels and the Influence of Postmodernism

15:54 • 21min

Exploring the Bronze Age and Critiquing Yahweh in the Bible

36:46 • 2min

Understanding Polymodernity and the Pre Modern Worldview

38:23 • 6min

The War Against Liberalism and the Influence of the Woke Mind Virus

43:55 • 27min

Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen about the ideas in her book Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World. They discuss the meaning of polymodernism, working with four cultural codes, polymodernism vs metamodernism, the flaw in combining stage theories with cultural history, the problem with postmodernism's deconstruction of guidance & boundaries, 3 factors leading to modernity, the beginnings of alienation, postmodernism as a critique of modernism, the danger of reifying theories, why a post-modern society would fall apart, learning from indigenous prehistoric cultures, the influence of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Lene's relationship to Christianity and conversion to Judaism, being a practicing doubting Jew, long-term consequences of having good narratives that people believe in, Jewish law vs Hammurabi's Code, reading the Pentateuch, using post-modern tech to implement a pre-modern order, Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad, mining the social learnings of the past with discernment, why religious people have often led the resistance to authoritarian regimes, true encouragement, the bildung rose, the problem with hypermodernism, the eternal misery of hypermodernist success, learning as one of the essences of being human, and much more. Episode Transcript Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World, by Lene Rachel Andersen "Polymodern Economics," by Lene Rachel Andersen The Nordic Secret: A European Story of Beauty and Freedom, by Lene Rachel Andersen JRS EP165 - Lene Rachel Andersen Part 1: Libertism JRS EP89 - Lene Rachel Andersen on Metamodernity God: A Biography, by Jack Miles "In Search of the 5th Attractor," by Jim Rutt Lene Rachel Andersen is an economist, author, futurist, philosopher and Bildung activist. She heads the think tank Nordic Bildung in Copenhagen and is a member of the Club of Rome. After studying business economy for three years, she worked as a substitute teacher before studying theology. During her studies, she wrote entertainment for Danish television until she decided to quit theology, become a full-time writer, and focus on technological development, big history, and the future of humanity. Since 2005, she has written 20 books and received two Danish democracy awards: Ebbe Kløvedal-Reich Democracy Baton (2007) and Døssing Prisen, the Danish librarians’ democracy prize (2012). Among her books are The Nordic Secret (2017, new edition 2024), Bildung: Keep Growing (2020), What is Bildung? (2021), Libertism (2022), and Polymodernity (2023, previously Metamodernity (2019)).