High-modernist architecture is blamed for destroying the traditional city

Evidence

High modernism is thus credited with the destruction of the fabric of the traditional city and its older neighborhood culture (by way of the radical disjunction of the new Utopian high-modernist building from its surrounding context), while the prophetic elitism and authoritarianism of the modern movement are remorselessly identified in the imperious gesture of the charismatic Master. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 37

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘imperious gesture of the charismatic Master’ connects to the reader’s interest in class/identity signaling and moral panics about privilege. — connects to: Industrial modernity rendered the city aesthetically unrepresentable. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 95; Modernist architecture aggressively repudiated the old city while postmodern buildings complacently coexist with it — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 139; Postmodern city space lost its modernist sense of place and situatedness. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 308 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Industrial modernity rendered the city aesthetically unrepresentable. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 95; Modernist architecture aggressively repudiated the old city while postmodern buildings complacently coexist with it — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 139; Postmodern city space lost its modernist sense of place and situatedness. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 308 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Postmodern city space lost its modernist sense of place and situatedness. #complicates (0.72) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 308