Interdisciplinarity arises in the age of delegitimation that lacks any metanarrative

Evidence

The idea of an interdisciplinary approach is specific to the age of delegitimation and its hurried empiricism. The relation to knowledge is not articulated in terms of the realization of the life of the spirit or the emancipation of humanity, but in terms of the users of a complex conceptual and material machinery and those who benefit from its performance capabilities. They have at their disposal no metalanguage or metanarrative in which to formulate the final goal and correct use of that machinery. But they do have brainstorming to improve its performance. — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 380

Categorization

• DEFINE: Characterizes interdisciplinarity as a product of delegitimation, and ‘brainstorming’ as its stand-in for a missing meta-goal.
• XREF: The ‘no metanarrative, only brainstorming’ formulation is exactly the target Jameson’s ‘totalizing’ reading of postmodernism answers, a key connection point for this reader. — connects to: Interdisciplinarity’s subversive force becomes slack pluralism once institutionalized; Cultural Studies’ interdisciplinary subversiveness risks becoming slack pluralism when institutionalized; Postmodernity is defined by the delegitimation of metanarratives — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 65 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Postmodernity is defined by the delegitimation of metanarratives #expands (0.90) — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 65
• Interdisciplinarity’s subversive force becomes slack pluralism once institutionalized #complicates (0.80)
• Cultural Studies’ interdisciplinary subversiveness risks becoming slack pluralism when institutionalized #complicates (0.75)