自1990年代以降，后现代主义研究渐趋衰落，多种新理论陆续出现，悄然占据后现代主义腾出的理论舞台。荷兰学者佛牟伦和埃克提出的中现代主义是这种最新动向的代表之一。基于对当前艺术发展的密切观察，两位论者认为兼顾关学和伦理学考虑的中现代主义正成为文化主导范式。中现代主义既没有像现代主义那样的在认识论上的偏执，也没有像后现代主义那样的在本体论上的虚无，而是摇摆在现代和后现代之间。这种摇摆并非是犹豫不决，而是在两极之间的一种动态协调。虽然中现代理论还不够成熟，但作为后一后现代主义理论阵营中的主要代表，仍旧值得我们探讨。%Since the 1990s, postmodern theories have been on the wane and gradually giving way to new theories that came after them. Metamodernism, proposed by Vermeulen and Akker, is one of the representatives of the latest trends. Keeping a close eye on the development of contemporary arts, the two Dutch scholars argue that Metamodernism, taking both aesthetics and ethics into its account, is becoming the dominant cultural paradigm today. Being free from both the epistemological bias of modernism and the ontological nihilism of postmodernism, Metamodernism is a theory that swings between modernism and postmodernism, but the swinging is a dynamic process of coordination rather than a state of indeterminacy between the two. Though far from being full-fledged, Metamodernism deserves further research as an important representative of post-postmodern theories.
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