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Traces the conceptual lineage of modernism, examining its evolution in Western art and literature through empiricism, idealism, and romanticism. Berman demonstrates how modern social, political, and scientific developments -- including capitalism, socialism, humanism, psychoanalysis, fascism, and modernism itself -- have altered attitudes toward time, space, self, creativity, the natural world, and community. Deserves careful study. -- Choice

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Preface to Modernism

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 1 July 1994
      ISBN-13 9780252063916
      978-0252063916
      ISBN-10 0252063910

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      Book Synopsis
      Traces the conceptual lineage of modernism, examining its evolution in Western art and literature through empiricism, idealism, and romanticism. Berman demonstrates how modern social, political, and scientific developments -- including capitalism, socialism, humanism, psychoanalysis, fascism, and modernism itself -- have altered attitudes toward time, space, self, creativity, the natural world, and community. Deserves careful study. -- Choice

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      "Deserves careful study." -- Choice

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