All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience Of Modernity
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Very light foxing on block - does not extend internally. Foxing on block - does not extend internally. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Shelf wear.
A landmark work of cultural criticism and social theory, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air argues that modernity is not merely a historical period but a turbulent, contradictory mode of experience that simultaneously creates and destroys, unites and divides. Marshall Berman draws on a sweeping range of sources — from Goethe's Faust and Marx's Communist Manifesto to Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground and the urban transformations of nineteenth-century Paris and New York — to illustrate how artists, writers, and ordinary people have struggled to make sense of a world in perpetual upheaval. Written with passionate intellectual energy, the text presents modernity as a paradox: a force that promises freedom and self-development while simultaneously threatening to dissolve everything stable and meaningful. Berman chronicles the ways in which modernist art and literature have served not as escapism but as urgent attempts to confront and humanize the chaos of modern life. The result is a richly layered, deeply humane work that remains as vital and provocative today as when it was first published in 1982.
Author: Marshall Berman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Simon and Schuster
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Very light foxing on block - does not extend internally. Foxing on block - does not extend internally. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Shelf wear.
A landmark work of cultural criticism and social theory, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air argues that modernity is not merely a historical period but a turbulent, contradictory mode of experience that simultaneously creates and destroys, unites and divides. Marshall Berman draws on a sweeping range of sources — from Goethe's Faust and Marx's Communist Manifesto to Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground and the urban transformations of nineteenth-century Paris and New York — to illustrate how artists, writers, and ordinary people have struggled to make sense of a world in perpetual upheaval. Written with passionate intellectual energy, the text presents modernity as a paradox: a force that promises freedom and self-development while simultaneously threatening to dissolve everything stable and meaningful. Berman chronicles the ways in which modernist art and literature have served not as escapism but as urgent attempts to confront and humanize the chaos of modern life. The result is a richly layered, deeply humane work that remains as vital and provocative today as when it was first published in 1982.