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What did Karl Marx mean by 'All solid melts into air'?

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“All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.” Marx, and Engles, were always commenting about the surface appearances on which different modes of production - or social systems - are sustained. read more

Best Answer: "All that is solid melts into air" refers to a passage in the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels. These are visionary words, as communism itself has evaporated and capitalism has also lost its way. read more

All That Is Solid Melts into Air is an academic text written by Marshall Berman between 1971 and 1981, and published in New York City in 1982. The book examines social and economic modernization and its conflicting relationship with modernism. The title of the book is taken from the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. read more

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