All that is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity"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."--back cover. |
Contents
Preface 133 | 13 |
The Tragedy of Development | 37 |
Marx Modernism | 87 |
Innovative SelfDestruction | 98 |
The Unaccommodated Man | 105 |
The Metamorphosis of Values | 111 |
Modernism in the Streets | 131 |
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References to this book
Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture Professor Roland Robertson No preview available - 1992 |
Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory Edward W. Soja Limited preview - 1989 |