The collapse of Enlightenment certainty politicized struggles between modernist currents.

Evidence

The fading of unified Enlighten­ ment beliefs and the emergence of perspectivism left open the possibility of informing social action with some aesthetic vision, so that the struggles between the different currents of modernism be­ came of more than just passing interest. What is more, the cultural producers knew it. Aesthetic modernism was important, and the stakes were high. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 238

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Davos debate was perceived as a generational rupture between Enlightenment and existentialism — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 243; Modernism emerged from the risky space between past, present, and political future — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 210; Modernism flowered between a usable past, uncertain present, and open future. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 180 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Modernism emerged from the risky space between past, present, and political future #expands (0.72) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 210
• Modernism flowered between a usable past, uncertain present, and open future. #expands (0.72) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 180
• Debates over postmodernism structurally require an opposing modernist position #expands (0.72)