"Essays tracing the intellectual life of a quintessential New York City writer and thinker Marshall Berman was one of the great urbanists and Marxist cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and his brilliant, nearly sui generis book "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air" is a masterpiece of the literature on modernism. But like many New York intellectuals, the essay was his characteristic form, accommodating his multifa ..."
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air(1st Edition) The Experience of Modernity by MarshallBerman Paperback, 420 Pages, Published 2010 by Verso Publishing (Academic) ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-644-6, ISBN: 1-84467-644-7
"Marshall Berman's "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air" is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books on modernity. A kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, it dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture."
On the Town(2nd Edition) One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square by MarshallBerman Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2009 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-397-1, ISBN: 1-84467-397-9
"A pulsating history of Times Square and its iconic role in America's society of the spectacle.Described as 'a continuous carnival' and 'the crossroads of the world,' Times Square is a singular phenomenon: the spot where imagination and veracity intersect. To Marshall Berman, it is also the flashing, teeming, and strangely beautiful nexus of his life. In this remarkable book, Berman takes us on a thrilling illustrated tour of Times Squar ..."
The Politics of Authenticity(Updated) Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society by MarshallBerman Paperback, 325 Pages, Published 2009 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-440-4, ISBN: 1-84467-440-1
"In this acclaimed exploration of the search for 'authentic' individual identity, Marshall Berman explores the historical experiences and needs out of which this new radicalism arose. Focussing on eighteenth-century Paris, a time and place in which a distinctively modern form of society was just coming into its own, Berman shows how the ideal of authenticity - of a self that could organize the individual's energy and direct it toward his ..."
"A new beginning for Marxism might just be on the horizon of a landscape despoiled by Soviet communism and a now wobbling world capitalism. The attention attracted by the 150th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto included laudatory references to Marx in venues as unexpected as The New York Times and The New Yorker. More predictably, the tributes in such publications focused on the strength of Marx as a critic of capital or a powerful ..."
"“Anyone who knew New York in the 1970s knows it was a different city fromthat of today. New York Calling is like a Rough Guide to a city receding intoa dim past but now brought startlingly, evocatively to life by the amazinggroup of writers assembled by Marshall Berman and Brian Berger.”––Francis Morrone, author of The Architectural Guidebook to New York CityNew York City in the 1970s was the setting for Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, and Sat ..."
"Marx and Engel's landmark treatise - in a graphic deluxe edition One of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated, "The Communist Manifesto" is a revolutionary summons to the working class-an incisive account of a new theory of communism that would be brought about by a proletarian revolution. Arguing that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a rebellion in which capitalism wi ..."
""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 ..."
On the Town(1st Edition) One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square by MarshallBerman Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2006 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-6331-4, ISBN: 1-4000-6331-0
"Described as “a continuous carnival” and “the crossroads of the world,” Times Square is a singular phenomenon: the spot where imagination and veracity intersect. To esteemed scholar and author Marshall Berman, it is also the flashing, teeming, and strangely beautiful nexus of his life. In this remarkable book, Berman takes us on a thrilling illustrated tour of Times Square, revealing a landscape both mythic and real. On the Town is a un ..."
All That Is Solid Melts into Air(2nd Edition) The Experience of Modernity by MarshallBerman Hardcover, 383 Pages, Published 1981 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-671-24602-0, ISBN: 0-671-24602-X
""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 cu ..."
""Marxism has been part of me for all my life," says Marshall Berman. "Late in my fifties, I'm still learning and sorting out how." The essays in Adventures in Marxism, which span from a portion of Berman's 1963 Oxford thesis (supervised by Isaiah Berlin) to a reconsideration of the Communist Manifesto on its sesquicentennial in 1998, are a splendid presentation of that "learning and sorting." The book's not only about Marx, mind you--Be ..."
"'Daring, generous and beautifully written, All That is Solid Melts into Airmarks the beginning of a truly significant career. I cannot say it loud enough- McKeon is here to stay."
"The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a city-symphony to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, "Restless Cities" traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. With explorations of phenomena including nightwalking, urbicide, property, commuting and recycling, this wide-rangi ..."
Politics of Authenticity(1st Edition) by MarshallBerman Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 1971 by Allen & Unwin ISBN-13: 978-0-04-320071-1, ISBN: 0-04-320071-0
"Focus on 18th century Paris and the link between personal identity and modern political ideology. Studies in Political Theory Series Editor Michael Walzer."
The Politics of Authenticity Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society. by MarshallBerman Paperback, 325 Pages, Published 1980 by Atheneum ISBN-13: 978-0-689-70288-4, ISBN: 0-689-70288-4
Modernism in the Streets A Life and Times in Essays by MarshallBerman 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Verso Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-500-0, ISBN: 1-78478-500-8
"A Life and Times in Essays Marshall Berman David Marcus, Shellie Sclan. they
would take polaroid photos of people, to fix the details of what their subjects
looked like. Then, after placing their subject on a pallet, they would pile on layer
after layer of plaster, while the model breathed through a straw and prayed that it
wouldn't break. (It never did.) From the cast they would make a bust or fullbody
sculpture, which one of them ..."
"A richly evocative debut novel set against one of the most enduring tragedies of recent historyUnder a crimson dawn sky, Artyom Telvatnikov stands in a field of cows, his fingertips glistening with warm blood that streams from their ears.It is April 1986, and ten miles away, above the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, clusters of sparks fill the air, inflaming the final years of the Soviet Union, inciting its citizens to actions of brutali ..."
"The reach of the car today is almost universal, and its effect on landscapes, cityscapes, cultures – indeed, on the very fabric of the modern world – is profound. Cars have brought benefits to individuals in terms of mobility and expanded horizons, but the cost has been very high in terms of damage to the environment and the consumption of precious resources. Despite the growing belief that a Faustian price is now being paid for the fre ..."