After a discussion about obscure Google Scholar hits on twitter last night, I just remembered this long list I made a few years ago. If you dig around postmodern/continental stuff long enough you discover there are a lot of Turns. Linguistic turns, rhetorical turns, hermeneutic turns… I never really did figure out what it was all about (potential speedrun question?)

But what are the weirder ones? I previously did this with the ‘X and its Discontents’ snowclone, which was funnier because people use it for very specific things like Newport or the Lawn Chemical Economy. This time it was mostly long boring abstract adjectives, which is maybe why I never published it. Still, here they are…

Linguistic
Postmodern
Hermeneutic
Interpretive
Mobility
Affective
Boy
Pragmatic
Practice
Cultural
Cognitive
Communicative
Corporeal
Complexity
Constructive
Constructivist
Spatial
Social
Sociological
Sociopolitical
Argumentative
Multilingual
Relational
Semantic
Semiotic
Structural
Systemic
Governance
Ontological
Reflexive
Rhetorical
Computational
Digital
Empirical
Ideational
Educational
Postsecular
Spiritual
Ideological
Action
Local
Narrative
Translational
Demotic
Archival
Performative
Deliberative
Iconic
Postcolonial
Decolonial
Territorial
Infrastructure
Intersectional
Neuroscientific
Transnational
Descriptive
Practical
Material
Participatory
Deconstructive
Leaderist
Cosmopolitan
Biographical
Spectral
Qualitative
Moral
Normative
Visual
Theoretical
Curatorial
Evolutionary
Ecological
Algorithmic
Neoliberal
Intercultural
Ethnographic
Consumerist
Geological
Animal

I was trying to dig up some blog I read ages ago that I thought used a variation on ‘X and its Discontents’ in its tagline. I haven’t found it, but I have dug up a pretty extensive list of things people on the internet are discontented about (who knew?).

Main conclusions are that everyone hates -isms and Europe:

Globalism
Globalisation
Gentrification
Gamification
Technoglobalism
The New Turkey
The China Boom
The Crowded Public Sphere
Romanticism
Barbarism
Secularism
Capitalism
Capital
Consumerism
Federalism
Formalism
Militarism
Multilateralism
Paternalism
Pluralism
Individualism
Ecomodernism
Marxism
Marketing
Feminism
Feminity
Manliness
Industrialism
Atheism
Data Nationalism
Late Neoliberalism
Late Style
Art
Art Direction
Nordic Art
Ceramics as a Medium
Jazz
Cinema
Method Acting
Division
Scholarly Publishing
Political Rule
Multidimensional Poverty
Plansplaining
Happiness
Love
Hearts and Minds
Mapping
Social Media
Autumn
Creativity
Connectivity
Sociability
Dimensionality
Intersectionality
Rationality
Civility
Homosexuality
Lumbersexuality
Empathy
Spotify
Labour
Privilege
Offsetting
Power
The Enlightenment
Aesthetics
Medicalisation
Europe
Europeanisation
Eurocentrism
European Integration
Euro-Zionism
The European Court of Human Rights
Anti-Corruption
The Dollar
Simulation
Islamophobia
Content
Privatization
Hegemony
Hysteria
Representation
Financialization
Cavitation
Cultivation
Centralization
Colonization
Creolization
Separation
Falsification
Localisation
Motorization
Sublimation
Randomization
Mansionization
Vaccination
Innovation
Film Adaptation
The United Nations
Tor
The Social Imaginary
Childhood
Citizenship
Modern Water
Listening
Dwelling
Interdependence
Grand Coalition Politics
Class Size
Development
Urban Computing
Urban Governance
Urban Tourism
The 21st Century Urban Housing Crisis
The Bacteriological City
Democracy
Meritocracy
Aesthetics
Terror
Synergies
The Internet
Scientology
Scientism
Open Science
The Modern University
The Nobel Prize
Narratology
Theology
The Singularity
Hypochondria
Spooky Interaction
Communal Living
Discretion
Aging
Rest
Conversion
Mission Creep
Identity
Patent Alienability
Specialization
The Standard Model of Talent Development
Memory
Cyberculture
Copyright
The GDP
The Jobless World
Newport
Conspiracy Theory
Microfinance
Curatorial Education
Climate Based Daylight Modelling
Continental Realism
Preservative Realism
Realist Criminology
Situational Crime Prevention
Irony
The Achievement Society
Technological Progress
The Technological Body
Psychiatry
Strategic Philanthropy
Transitional Justice
Cosmopolitan Justice
Judicial Engagement
International Law
Family Law
The Lawn-Chemical Economy
Time
The World’s Course