Modernism was never a single coherent project but a set of conflicting tendencies.

Evidence

I don’t think that there is any such thing as the modernist impulse, in the singular. Modernism itself was a decisively “Western” phenomenon. It was always composed of many different projects, which were not all integratable or homogeneous with one another; they were often, in fact, in conflict. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 716

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines modernism as multiple conflicting projects rather than one impulse—essential for distinguishing it from ‘postmodernism.’
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 716
• XREF: connects to: There is no single unified project called modernism, only conflicting tendencies

Broader Connections

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