Modernist Commitments: Ethics, Politics, and Transnational Modernism

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By Jessica Berman ’83

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Columbia University Press) Berman shows how the modernist narrative connects ethics and responsibilities to the creation of political relationships and the way we imagine justice. Berman is an associate professor of English, affiliate associate professor of Gender and Women's Studies, affiliate associate professor of Language, Literacy and Culture, and Chair of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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