Postmodernism discourse must be dated to its specific historical conjuncture

Evidence

This suggests the need for an analysis which, like Anderson’s geneaology of Modernism (see chapter 2), seeks to isolate the historical conjuncture in which all the talk about a postmodern era began. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 597

Categorization

• XREF: Explicitly models the method on Perry Anderson’s genealogy of Modernism, positioning this book’s method against Jameson’s. — connects to: Defining Postmodernism as internal to Modernism abandons its periodizing claim; Plurality and indeterminacy beliefs long predate the postmodern era — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 69; Postmodernism’s presentism forecloses the historical understanding needed to explain it — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 725 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Postmodernism’s presentism forecloses the historical understanding needed to explain it #corroborates (0.85) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 725
• Periodizing postmodernism as a unified system may betray its own logic of difference #qualifies (0.82) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 739
• Postmodernism cannot be defined once and settled; it must be reworked each use #expands (0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 33
• Postmodernity is defined by a forgotten capacity for historical thought #qualifies (0.72) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 8