Nietzsche is the source of the principal theses of postmodern theory

Evidence

Nietzsche’s thought is undoubtedly central to contemporary discussions of modernity and postmodernity. Those who detect the emergence of a postmodern epoch typically repeat arguments first developed by Nietzsche. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 268

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s anti-Jameson argumentative thread — arguing postmodernism is not a new epoch but a repackaging of Nietzsche via poststructuralism. — connects to: Foucault’s conception of modernity derives from Nietzsche and Mallarmé — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 287; Marx, Nietzsche, and Saint-Simon founded modernity’s three thinking schools — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 261; Both poststructuralist strands derive their core from Nietzsche (+1 more)
• SEED: Angle: ‘Everything new in postmodernism is Nietzsche with a French accent’ — tracing the geneaology to deflate the claim of epochal rupture.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 268

Broader Connections

• Both poststructuralist strands derive their core from Nietzsche #corroborates (0.95)