Marshall Berman Livres

The experience of modernization -- the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world -- and modernism in art, literature and architecture are brilliantly integrated in this account.

Explores the historical experiences and needs out of which the new radicalism arose. Focussing on eighteenth-century Paris, a time and place in which a modern form of society was just coming into its own, this book shows how the ideal of authenticity - of a self that could organize the individual's energy and direct it toward his own happiness.

The collection features engaging essays that explore themes inspired by Marx, blending humor and insight. Each piece delves into sociopolitical issues, encouraging readers to reflect on contemporary society through a Marxist lens. The author combines personal anecdotes with scholarly analysis, making complex ideas accessible and thought-provoking. This work aims to spark dialogue about economic systems and their impact on daily life, offering a fresh perspective on Marx's relevance in today's world.

Exploring the vibrant history of Times Square, this book delves into its significant impact on American culture and society. It examines how the area has evolved into a symbol of entertainment and spectacle, reflecting broader social changes. Through engaging narratives, it highlights key events and transformations that have shaped Times Square's identity, making it a focal point of urban life and a mirror of the nation's values and aspirations.

Featuring a diverse array of essays from notable writers like Iain Sinclair, Geoff Dyer, Marshall Berman, and China Mieville, this literary collection explores the evolving nature of urban life. Each piece offers unique insights into the complexities of city transformation, promising to engage readers with thought-provoking perspectives. Anticipated reviews in prominent broadsheets and art magazines highlight the collection's significance in contemporary literature.

Marshall Berman was our Manhattan Socrates: not the arch dialectician but the philosopher in and of the street, not the aggressive asker of questions but the ambler in the boulevard, the man who seeks wisdom in the agora, in the conversation of Times Square, the walker in the city, the man who died among friends. -Corey Robin, author of The Reactionary Mind Marshall resurrected the old medieval maxim Stadtluft macht frei : the air of the city makes us free. He found that freedom everywhere in the busy streets of Manhattan: in the clubs and cafes of Greenwich Village; in the gaudy lights of Times Square; in the Bronx where he grew up, which died and was reborn; in the graffiti scrawled on New York's subway cars; and in the music of the city, from jazz to Broadway to rap. -Michael Walzer, Editor Emeritus of Dissent The departed bard of modernism ... He believed dialogue to be an urgent need in modern times because our subjectivity and inwardness have intensified, a state he called both richer and more lonely. -Brooke Gladstone, cohost of NPR's On the Media Captures both the violent dislocation wrought by political changes and the artistic outputs born out of suffering. Berman's essays make the reader experience historical change as he did-as something urgent, frightening, but also wondrous. With that feeling comes a faint but undeniable hint of possibility. -Max Holleran, New Republic A wonderful collection of Marshall's 'life and times in essays,' a treasure trove of five decades' living and writing for the city, lovingly consecrated by Dissent and Nation editor David Marcus, all done with the blessing of Marshall's widow, Shellie. At last those books-in-progress have been consummated as an organic whole; the incomplete has been posthumously assembled in One Bright Book of Marshall's Life ... Modernism in the Streets makes Marshall whole again, keeps him living, and gives us a new beginning, a genesis. -Andy Merrifield, Jacobin For Marshall, the bad things are always there. The contradictions are always there. The nub of his genius is how he breaks on through to the synthesis at the end of the tunnel. -Robert Christgau, author of Going Into the City There are other writers as intelligent as Marshall Berman, and as able to draw together disparate elements of cultural history into a dazzling new picture, but they seldom sustain the same sense of compassionate warmth toward those who make history. -Rebecca Solnit, author of Nonstop Metropolis Modernism in the Streets is a comprehensive testament to singular style with which Berman espoused, with equal urgency and earnestness, the tragedies and triumphs of modernity, and its continuing impact on the ways we navigate urban space. -Tyler Curtis, The CultureTrip It is the broadness and scale of Berman's vision of modernity that is the power of this collection. -Benjamin Balthaser, Jacobin

Jest coś, pewne je-ne-sais-quoi, co odróżnia książkę Bermana od wszystkich innych interpretacji modernitas i czyni ja naprawdę innych interpretacji modernitas i czyni ją naprawdę wyjątkową: niezwykle rzadka zdolność sięgnięcia do tego, co stanowi wspólny mianownik tak rozmaitych fenomenów nowoczesnych, jak modernistyczna literatura awangardowa z jednej strony, a teoria maszynizacji fabryk w Ameryce lat 50. z drugiej. Przy czym ten wspólny mianownik nie ma u Bermana prostej wykładni redukcyjnej: inaczej niż u wielu marksistów, którzy przyzwyczaili nas do stosunkowo prostej wizji historii, nie da się go wcale sprowadzić do ekonomii politycznej. Tu Marshall Berman, skądinąd jawnie deklarujący swoje przywiązanie do marksistowskiej lewicy, wyraźnie nas zaskakuje: ten wspólny mianownik można bowiem określić wyłącznie w kategoriach doświadczenia duchowego. Opisując - wręcz entuzjastycznie opiewając - ducha nowoczesności, Berman zostawia daleko w tyle nie tylko redukcyjnie myślących marksistów, ale nawet samego Maxa Webera, który przeszedł do historii jako głosiciel prymatu wartości nad bytem.