In postmodernism, to modernise is the same thing as to antiquate.
Evidence
- I am indebted to Jonathan Dollimore for instructions as to the proper use of this term. As for the time-consciousness of the postmodern, John Barrell has said it all, speaking of postmodern decorators for whom “to modernise was the same thing as to antiquate,” Gone to Earth, London Review of Books, March 30, 1989, p. 13. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 1026
Categorization
- DEFINE: A compact formulation of postmodern time-consciousness — the collapse of linear/periodizing time into a depthless present where old and new are interchangeable.
- CANDY: A short, quotable observation about postmodern decorators that could open a dinner-party explanation of the era’s time sense.