Avant-garde death followed the loss of the anticipated revolution

Evidence

The disaster of Stalinism and fascism killed off the avant-garde movements in another, more fundamental respect. It deprived them of the anticipated social revolution essential to the integration of art and life which they sought. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 253

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 253
• XREF: connects to: The avant-garde sought to dissolve art into life praxis, not integrate art into it; Stalinism and Nazism together destroyed the avant-garde — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 252; avant-garde shock loses its subversive force once it becomes expected and institutionalized — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 564 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• avant-garde shock loses its subversive force once it becomes expected and institutionalized #expands (0.82) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 564
• Avant-garde productions can fail when they lose their original infrastructural and class conditions. #expands (0.80) — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1507
• Stalin’s and Hitler’s victories destroyed the interwar revolutionary avant-gardes #contradicts (0.75) — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 216
• Modernism’s decline stems from political defeats rather than economic change #contradicts (0.74) — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 216
• Defeated revolutionary movements often self-destruct rather than self-correct #complicates (0.72)