A kaleidoscopic journey into the experience of modernization
Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture.
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A kaleidoscopic journey into the experience of modernization
Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture.
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All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books on modernity. A kaleidoscopic journey into the experience of modernization, it captures the dizzying social changes that swept up and transformed the lives of millions of people. Berman delves into the aesthetic and intellectual controversies of art, literature, and architecture: from the writing of Goethe, Marx and Dostoevsky to the Paris of Baudelaire and Haussmann, the Petersburg of the Tsarist builders and Pushkin, and the New York of devastated wastelands and creative artists.
Critic Reviews
A bubbling cauldron of ideas. New Statesman
A wonderful book ... generous, exuberant and dazzling. -- John Leonard New York Times
Berman lights up every text he examines. Newsweek
The imaginative range, intellectual force and infectious generosity of this book are what place it incontestably in the gallery of canonical texts. -- Mica Nava Times Higher Education Supplement
About the Author
Marshall Berman was Distinguished Professor of Political Science at City College of New York and CCNY Graduate Center, where he taught Political Theory and Urban Studies and is the author of The Politics of Authenticity, All That Is Solid Melts into Air, and On the Town.
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