Modernism; or, the Cultural Logic of Modernization

# Modernism; or, the Cultural Logic of Modernization When: Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM AKDT What: **What is Modernism?** [TBP] **METHOD** * Watch this week’s episode, located [HERE](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhdmiJc-GBYWUxDkoBbekpSMoSii_6Rgn). * As always, summaries, notes, event chatlogs, episode transcripts, timelines, tables, observations, and downloadable PDFs for all the episodes we cover can be found here: [THORR (The High Ontology Reading Room)](https://high-ontology.notion.site/?pvs=4) **ABOUT PROFESSOR TAUBENECK** Professor Taubeneck is professor of German and Philosophy at UBC, first [translator](https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Philosophical-Sciences-Critical-Writings/dp/0826403409/) of Hegel’s *Encyclopedia* into English, and SADHO CΦO. Most impressively, he has also been wrestling with the core texts of 20-cent. phenomenology and existentialism for over 30 years, and has worked and collaborated with Gadamer, Derrida, and Rorty. View all of our coming episodes [here](https://www.meetup.com/scott-and-daves-high-ontology/).