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Adventures in Marxismby Marshall BermanISBN 1859843093 (1-85984-309-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures in Marxism'Book summary:"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--Berman also considers those who have followed in Marx's footsteps, including Edmund Wilson, Georg Lukacs, Meyer Schapiro, and Walter Benjamin (as well as an interesting chapter on Studs Terkel's Working). And, too, there are marvelous passages in which Berman writes about the workers around him in the streets of New York. But none of this, perhaps, would have been possible if a young Berman hadn't tracked down a copy of Marx's Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, a collection of spirited essays that for years influenced him far more than the Manifesto or Capital. (Though he would eventually rediscover the power of the Manifesto, which "helped me see how the bad things and the good things in the world could spring from the same place, how suffering could be a source of growth and joy, how radical thought could escape doldrums and dualisms and gather vision and energy for better times.") Berman's essays show how the collapse of communist tyrannies does not negate the potential for "Marxist humanism" to offer a progressive response to globalization; his enthusiasm for such a project makes the essays as delightful to read as they are informative. [via]
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All That Is Solid Melts into the Air: The Experience of Modernityby Marshall BermanISBN 1859843115 (1-85984-311-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All That Is Solid Melts into Air : The Experience of Modernity'Book summary:"A bubbling caldron of ideas . . . Enlightening and valuable." Mervyn Jones, New Statesman.[via]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 oldall 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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- All That Is Solid Melts into the Air: The Experience of Modernity: ISBN 0140109625 (0-14-010962-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - All That Is Solid Melts into Air : The Experience of Modernity: ISBN 0860917851 (0-86091-785-1)
Softcover, Routledge - All That Is Solid Melts into the Air: The Experience of Modernity: ISBN 0844666815 (0-8446-6681-5)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc - All That Is Solid Melts into the Air: The Experience of Modernity: ISBN 067124602X (0-671-24602-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - All That Is Solid Melts into Air : The Experience of Modernity: ISBN 1859843115 (1-85984-311-5)
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- All That Is Solid Melts into the Air: The Experience of Modernity: ISBN 0140109625 (0-14-010962-5)
New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloombergby Marshall Berman , Brian BergerISBN 1861893388 (1-86189-338-8)
Softcover, Reaktion Books
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On the Town: One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Squareby Marshall BermanISBN 1400063310 (1-4000-6331-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Town: One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square'Book summary: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 unique look through the lens of the ideas and works of art that inspiredor were inspired bythis landmarks allure.
Times Square pulses with life, drawing countless millions who long to be surrounded by too many in the midst of too much. Beyond the immense crowds, the intoxicating lights, the imposing architecture, and even the recent incursion of corporate headquarters that limn the Squares present boundaries, there is an indefatigable humanity (and undeniable sexual tension) that, for more than a century, has nourished creative expression.
Interleafing his own recollections with astute social commentary, Berman reveals how movies, graphic arts, literature, popular music, television, and, of course, the Broadway theater have reflected Times Squares voluminous light to illuminate a vast spectrum of themes and vignettes. Berman shows us Times Square as it is seen in Alfred Eisenstadts iconic photography, the movies of Busby Berkeley, John Schlesinger, and Martin Scorsese, and the stage choreography of Jerome Robbins.
Conversely, we see how Times Squares distinctive aura finds its source in a stunningly diverse list of performers, writers, and impresarios, including Theodore Dreiser, Florenz Ziegfeld, Ethel Merman, Al Jolson, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Berman also celebrates the unsung heroes of Times Squarethe artists, engineers, and hucksters behind the Squares landmark signs that, throughout the decades, re-created raging waterfalls, blew smoke rings, bathed onlookers in the Squares eerily welcoming light, and projected the image of what Americans want to be against a surface of who we really are.
Part love letter, part revelatory semiotic exposition of a place known to all, On the Town is a nonstop excursion to the heart of American civilization, written by one of our keenest, most entertaining cultural observers. [via]More editions of On the Town: One Hundred Years of Spectacle in Times Square:
The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Societyby Marshall BermanISBN 0043200710 (0-04-320071-0)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin, Limited
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Atlante Metropolitanoby Marshall Berman , Pierluigi NicolinISBN 8828904925 (88-289-0492-5)
Hardcover, Electa
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El Debate Modernidad-Posmodernidadby Marshall Berman , Nicolas A. CasulloISBN 9509889083 (950-9889-08-3)
Hardcover, Puntosur Editores
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