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All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity Paperback – June 7, 1988

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"A bubbling caldron of ideas . . . Enlightening and valuable." —Mervyn Jones, New Statesman.

The political and social revolutions of the nineteenth century, the pivotal writings of Goethe, Marx, Dostoevsky, and others, and the creation of new environments to replace the old—all have thrust us into a modern world of contradictions and ambiguities. In this fascinating book, Marshall Berman examines the clash of classes, histories, and cultures, and ponders our prospects for coming to terms with the relationship between a liberating social and philosophical idealism and a complex, bureaucratic materialism.

From a reinterpretation of Karl Marx to an incisive consideration of the impact of Robert Moses on modern urban living, Berman charts the progress of the twentieth-century experience. He concludes that adaptation to continual flux is possible and that therein lies our hope for achieving a truly modern society.

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Marshall Berman was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer. He was a distinguished professor of political science at City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was the author of All That Is Solid Melts into Air and wrote the introduction to Penguin Books’ edition of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto. He died in 2013.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0140109625
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Reissue edition (June 7, 1988)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 383 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780140109627
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140109627
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
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lingrivedfed
5.0 out of 5 stars Currently reading, mind expanding
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2015
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This work is an important text on modernism and image. It builds off of Karl Marx's work, understandably since Berman was a Marx scholar. I haven't finished it, yet but I read it in a class about fragmented cities and Walter Benjamin. I'd definitely recommend it, because of its writing style.
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Dana Ferdinand
5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ THIS TO UNDERSTAND MODERNIZATION
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Excellent interpretation of the cycle of creation and destruction involved in modernization, modernism and "the modern." Truly eye opening and makes you think about the world very differently.
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David S
4.0 out of 5 stars Read after Background Reading or Familiarity
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Read the book if you want a broad approach to modernism. One should enter the first pages of this book with some understanding of a dialectical approach, though they need not be read in Hegel. Most importantly one should have read Marx --Tucker has a good companion that will suffice as a primer. Some familiarity of the Faust stories --preferably with main understanding regarding the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe work, though Berman is not exclusive however he does work the reader through alternative instantiations. Baudelaire may prove the most inaccessible chapter for most --be aware that the focus here is not on Flowers of Evil, but on some of the essay works.

This is a short book that may be difficult for some who are not well read. It is worth the time to do some pre-reading to fill in the book and enable the reader to engage Berman's claims, rather than read and nod at his assertions.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Philosophy Great
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This was a great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It is a brilliant work of scholarship by a great scholar
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These ratings are not relevant to this book. It is a brilliant work of scholarship by a great scholar.
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Martin Larsson
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece
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A masterpiece about the ways that modernity whas been experienced in different parts of the world.
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Ashleyann
5.0 out of 5 stars love it !!
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My American Government professor recommended this book to us and it was a decent price so I said what the heck .. The book is good so far.
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Really interesting book
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JJW
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in Canada on December 10, 2018
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Great read...
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Fernando
5.0 out of 5 stars El modernismo en la calle de Berman
Reviewed in Spain on April 7, 2014
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Es un libro sencillamente genial. La mejor teoría politica del siglo XX y XXI. Imprescindible para conocer nuestra realidad social y política.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good for research
Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2017
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Used in it in my dissertation ...great source book
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