Genesis and Validity - by Martin Jay (Paperback)

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There is no more contentious and perennial issue in the history of modern Western thought than the vexed relationship between the genesis of an idea and its claim to validity beyond it.
About the Author: Martin Jay is Ehrman Professor of European History Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley.
280 Pages
Philosophy, History & Surveys

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About the Book

The essays in this collection, by one of the most recognized figures in the field of intellectual history, touch on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the heroism of modern life to the ability of photographs to lie, and explore the fraught connection between the truth of history and the truthfulness of historians.

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There is no more contentious and perennial issue in the history of modern Western thought than the vexed relationship between the genesis of an idea and its claim to validity beyond it. Can ideas or values transcend their temporal origins and overcome the sin of their original context, and in so doing earn abiding respect for their intrinsic merit? Or do they inevitably reflect them in ways that undermine their universal aspirations? Are discrete contexts so incommensurable and unique that the smooth passage of ideas from one to the other is impossible? Are we always trapped by the limits of our own cultural standpoints and partial perspectives, or can we somehow escape their constraints and enter into a fruitful dialogue with others?

These persistent questions are at the heart of the discipline known as intellectual history, which deals not only with ideas, but also with the men and women who generate, disseminate, and criticize them. The essays in this collection, by one of the most recognized figures in the field, address them through engagement with leading intellectual historians--Hans Blumenberg, Quentin Skinner, Hayden White, Isaiah Berlin, Frank Ankersmit--as well other giants of modern thought--Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and Georg Lukács. They touch on a wide variety of related topics, ranging from the heroism of modern life to the ability of photographs to lie. In addition, they explore the fraught connections between philosophy and theory, the truth of history and the truthfulness of historians, and the weaponization of free speech for other purposes.

About the Author

Martin Jay is Ehrman Professor of European History Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley. He is author of numerous books, including The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50 and Reason After Its Eclipse: On Late Critical Theory.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.82 Inches (H) x 5.91 Inches (W) x .71 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.0 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 280

Genre: Philosophy

Sub-Genre: History & Surveys

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Theme: Modern

Format: Paperback

Author: Martin Jay

Language: English

Street Date: November 12, 2021

TCIN: 1011339371

UPC: 9780812224962

Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-9899

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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