Stalin’s and Hitler’s victories destroyed the interwar revolutionary avant-gardes
Evidence
Historically, modernism had reached its apogee with the cluster of revolutionary avant-gardes between the wars — constructivism in Russia, expressionism and neue Sachlichkeit in Germany, surrealism in France. It was the victory of Stalin and Hitler that finished off these movements. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 216
Categorization
- XREF: Directly relates to Anderson’s own triangulation account of modernism origins sketched in the later paragraphs — an in-text self-connection. — connects to: Stalinism and Nazism together destroyed the avant-garde — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 252; Avant-garde death followed the loss of the anticipated revolution — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 253; World War II’s outcome destroyed modernism’s spurring historical forces — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 218 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- World War II’s outcome destroyed modernism’s spurring historical forces
#expands(0.85) — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 218 - World War I nationalism destroyed international worker solidarity and the Second International
#corroborates(0.75) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 981 - Stalin’s purges destroyed the Soviet theoretical tradition of Marxism.
#exemplifies(0.72)