Modernism’s universalist claims grew out of negotiation with localism and nationalism

Evidence

In putting things this way I am, to some degree, departing from the normal conception of what modernism was supposed to be about. But unless we are prepared to see even its universal aspirations as the outcome of a perpetual dialogue with localism and nationalism, I think we shall miss some of its more important features. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1749

Categorization

• DEFINE: Reframes the standard definition of modernism: its universality is itself a product of local/national dialogue rather than its opposite.
• XREF: connects to: Nationalism is modern in fact but ancient in claim, universal and particular — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 35; Western modernity is a hegemonic particularism disguised as universalism — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 153

Broader Connections

• Nationalism is modern in fact but ancient in claim, universal and particular #corroborates (0.85) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 35
• Western modernity is a hegemonic particularism disguised as universalism #qualifies (0.82) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 153