This just in via Susan Larson via the NYT:
Marshall Berman, Philosopher Who Praised Marx and Modernism, Dies at 72
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: September 15, 2013
Marshall Berman, an author, academic, philosopher and lyrical defender of modernism, Karl Marx and his native New York City, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 72…
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