Modernism emerged from a field spanning semi-industrial economy, fresh invention, and open revolt

Evidence

In a sketch of the origins of modernism in the European Belle Epoque, I once suggested that it was best understood as the outcome of a field of force triangulated by three coordinates: an economy and society still only semiindustrial, in which the ruling order remained to a significant extent agrarian or aristocratic; a technology of dramatic inventions, whose impact was still fresh or incipient; and an open political horizon, in which revolutionary upheavals of one kind or another against the prevailing order were widely expected or feared. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 217

Categorization

• DEFINE: Anderson’s own three-coordinate model of modernism’s origins — a foundational framework for the periodization debate.
• XREF: This triangulation model is Anderson’s signature analytic contribution, developed in his essay on modernism’s origins. — connects to: Early modernists saw industrial city life as demanding a fundamentally new art — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 143; Modernism flowered between a usable past, uncertain present, and open future. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 180; Modernism emerged from the risky space between past, present, and political future — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 210 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• High modernism emerged in the space opened by radical social movements #corroborates (0.85) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 681