Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm

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...

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...

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.)

Many thanks! Glad you found it useful!

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...

Science’s Hidden History of Magic and Spirits w/ Dr. Jason Josephson Storm YouTube video by Incisive Thoughts

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

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

Panel two-- Sunday, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM, Theme: "Revisiting Buddhist Studies and Postcolonial Theory Thirty Years After Donald Lopez’s Curators of the Buddha" Hosted by: Buddhism Unit. My paper: "Beyond Postcolonial Buddhist Studies" #AARSBL2025

Panel one-- Saturday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Theme: "The Subject of Foucault" Hosted by: Foucault and the Study of Religion Seminar. My paper: "Genealogy’s Hidden Roots: The Forgotten French Debate That Shaped Foucault (1962–1971)." #AARSBL2025

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

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...

Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, April 2026
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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...

Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring term.

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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...

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...

If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will? Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages

“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. 💜

The Genealogy of Genealogy The book The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History, Jason Ananda Josephson Storm is published by University of Chicago Press.

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.

The Genealogy of Genealogy The book The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History, Jason Ananda Josephson Storm is published by University of Chicago Press.

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.

The cover of 'Metamodernism' by Jason Ânanda Josephson Storm', a young man, of Viennese times past, calmy removes his face - to reveal computer circuitry of today.

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.

Cover of the Vietnamese translation of Metamodernism: The Future of Theory/THUYẾT SIÊU-HIỆN ĐẠI : Tương lai của Lý thuyết

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...

The Gates of the Dawn Vilnius

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
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Jason Storm standing in Gediminas tower overlooking Vilnius.

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.
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The Body is Never Just Flesh | Center for the Study of World Religions What actually severed modern clinical practice from older ways of knowing was state power. In 1873, German-trained Nagayo Sensai established the Bureau of Medical Affairs, launching a biopolitical, hy...

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...

Thanks for your interest! I was referring to my article “Sex, Magic, & Rockets or the Implications of the Babalon Working for Theories of Belief and Rationality." It should be out any day now in the journal "Method and Theory in the Study of Religion". I'll aim tp let you know when it appears.

Superstition and the Secular with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm Episode 8 of the Protean View podcast

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...