All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity

391 Pages·1988·4.46 MB·English

by  Marshall Berman

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AlTlh aItSs o lid
MelItnst Aoi r
The ExperienOcfe M odernity
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TheE xperience
ofM odernity
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Contents
Prefatcoet hePe nguinE ditionT:h eB roaadn dO penW ay 5
Preface 13
IntroductionM:od ernity-YesterdaTyoda,y and 15
Tomorrow
I. Goethe'sF awtT:h eT ragedoyfD evelopment 37
FirsMte tamorphosisT:h eD reamer 41
Second MetamorphosiTsh:e Lo ver 51
ThirMde tamorphosisT:h eDe veloper 60
EpiloguTehe:F austiaann dP seud-oFaustiAang e 71
II.A llT hatI sSo lidM eltsI ntAoi rM:arx , Modernism 87
and Modernization
1. TheM eltinVgi sioannd ItsD ialectic 90
2.I nnovatiSevlef D·e struction 98
5. NakednessT:he U nacocmmodated Man 150
4. TheM etamorphosiosfV alues Ill
5. TheLo ss ofa Halo 151
ConclusiCounl:t uanrde the Contradictioonfs 102
Capitalism
III.B audelaiMrodee:rn ismi nt heS treets 131
1. PastoralC oaunndt er-PasMtodoerrnails m 134
2. TheH eroisomf M odem Life 124
5.T heF amiloyfE yes 184
4. TheM ireo ft heM acadam 155
5. TheT wentieCtehn turTyh:e H aloa ndt he 146
Highway
IV. PetersbuTrhge:M odernism ofU nderdevelopmen1t3 7
1. TheR ealan d UnrealC ity 167
"GeomHeatAsrp yp earTehdeC" i:ti ynt he 167
Swamps
Pushk"iBnr'oHsno zres emTahneC" l:ea rnkd 181
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PeterUsnbdueNrrcgi h olPaasl vasc.e 198
1:
Prospect
GooglT:h eR eaaln Sdu rrSetarle et 195
WordasnS dh oTehseY: o unDgo stoevsky2 06
2. The1 860sT:h eN ew Man int heS treet 212
ChernysThheeSv tsrkaeysFe: rt o ntier 215
TheU ndregroMuannid n t hSet reet 291
PetervssbP.ua rrTgiw soM: o deofsM odernis2m2 9
int hSet reets
TheP oliPtriocsaple ct 232
Aftweorr:Td hCer ysPtaallaF caeac,tn S dy mbol2 35
3. TheT wentieth CenTthueCr iyt:Ry i setsh,e 249
CitFya des
1095:M orLei gMhotr,Se h adows 249
BiePleyte'rssrbu gT:h eS hadPoaws sport 255
MandelTshteBa lme:s WsoerdWd i th 270
NoM eaning
ConclusiTohne:P etersbPurrogs pect 284
v. Int heF oresotfS ymbolsSo:m e Noteosn 287
Modernism inN ew York
1. Robert MosesT:h eE xpresswWaoyr ld 290
2. The1 960sA: S houitn t he Street 312
3. The1 970s:B ringiIntgA llB ackH ome 329
Notes 349
Index 370