rear guard, n.All

The Rear guard (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠now hold pole position, since the forward-looking utopias of the avant-garde have been swapped for backward-looking ones.