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{{Short description|American intellectual historian (born 1944)}}
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'''Martin Evan Jay''' (born May 4, 1944) is an American [[intellectual historian]] whose research interests connected history with the [[Critical Theory|critical theory of the Frankfurt School]], [[social theory]], [[cultural critic]]ism, and [[historiography]].
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'''Martin E. Jay''' (born 1944) is the Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He is an [[Intellectual History|intellectual historian]] whose research interests have connected history with other academic and intellectual activities, such as the [[Critical Theory|critical theory of the Frankfurt School]], [[social theory]], [[cultural critic]]ism, and [[historiography]].
He is currently the Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History Emeritus at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He was elected a Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2019.


==Career==
==Career==
Jay received his B.A. from [[Union College]] in 1965. In 1971, he completed his Ph.D. in History at [[Harvard]] under the tutelage of [[H. Stuart Hughes]]. His dissertation was later revised into the book ''The Dialectical Imagination,'' which covers the history of the [[Frankfurt School]] from 1923-1950. While he was conducting research for his dissertation, he established a correspondence and friendship with many of the members of the Frankfurt School. He was closest to [[Leo Löwenthal]], who had provided him access to personal letters and documents for his research. Jay's work since then has explored [[Marxism]], [[socialism]], [[historiography]], [[cultural criticism]], [[visual culture]], and the place of [[post-structuralism]] and [[post-modernism]] in European intellectual history. His current research is nominalism and photography. He is a recipient of the 2010/2011 Berlin Prize Fellowship from the [[American Academy in Berlin]].{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Jay received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Union College]] in 1965. In 1971, he completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree in history at [[Harvard University]] under the tutelage of [[H. Stuart Hughes]]. His dissertation was later revised into the book ''The Dialectical Imagination,'' which covers the history of the [[Frankfurt School]] from 1923 to 1950. While he was conducting research for his dissertation, he established a correspondence and friendship with many Frankfurt School members. [[Leo Löwenthal]] provided him access to personal letters and documents for his research. Jay's work since then has explored [[Marxism]], [[socialism]], [[historiography]], [[cultural criticism]], [[visual culture]], and the place of [[post-structuralism]] and [[post-modernism]] in European intellectual history. His current research is focused on nominalism and photography. He is a recipient of the 2010/2011 Berlin Prize Fellowship from the [[American Academy in Berlin]].{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} In 2023, he published a sequel to ''The Dialectical Imagination'' on the contemporary turns in [[Critical Theory]], entitled ''Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School Under Pressure''.<ref>Martin Jay, ''Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School Under Pressure'' (London: Verso, 2023).</ref>


He also has a regular column in the quarterly journal ''[[Skidmore College#Salmagundi|Salmagundi]]''.
He also has a regular column in the quarterly journal ''[[Skidmore College#Salmagundi|Salmagundi]]''.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Jay is Jewish<ref name=obit>{{cite news |last=Jay |first=Martin |date=September 9, 2008 |title=Joseph Finkelstein |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21writingsideSIDE.html?_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York, New York]] |access-date=November 15, 2016 }}</ref> and is the husband of literary critic [[Catherine Gallagher]].
Jay was born on May 4, 1944, in [[New York City]].<ref name=CV>{{cite web |url=http://history.berkeley.edu/people/martin-e-jay |title=Martin E. Jay |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Department of History - [[University of California, Berkeley]] |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804194024/http://history.berkeley.edu/people/martin-e-jay |archive-date=August 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is Jewish.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |last=Jay |first=Martin |date=September 19, 2008 |title=Joseph Finkelstein |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21writingsideSIDE.html?_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York, New York]] |access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> He married English professor and literary critic [[Catherine Gallagher]] circa 1973; they met in 1970 at Berkeley when she was an English graduate student and he was an assistant professor of history.<ref name="Rimer 2003">{{cite news |last=Rimer |first=Sara |date=September 30, 2003 |title=Universities Tighten Rules on Faculty–Student Relationships |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/national/universities-tighten-rules-on-facultystudent-relationships.html |url-access=limited |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>


==See also==
==Published works==
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*1973 ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tTyHOxeCiG4C The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50]''
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*[[American philosophy]]
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*[[List of American philosophers]]

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== References ==
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==Further reading==
*1973 ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tTyHOxeCiG4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50]''
* “The Concept of Totality in Lukács and Adorno”. [http://www.telospress.com ''Telos''] 32 (Summer 1977). New York: Telos Press.
*1984 ''Marxism and Totality: The Adventures of a Concept from Lukács to Habermas''
*1984 ''Marxism and Totality: The Adventures of a Concept from Lukács to Habermas''
*1984 ''Adorno''. [[Fontana Modern Masters]].
*1984 ''Adorno''. [[Fontana Modern Masters]].
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*2011 ''Essays from the Edge: Parerga and Paralipomena''
*2011 ''Essays from the Edge: Parerga and Paralipomena''
*2016 ''Reason after Its Eclipse: On Late Critical Theory''
*2016 ''Reason after Its Eclipse: On Late Critical Theory''
*2020 ''Splinters in Your Eye: Frankfurt School Provocations''
*2021 ''Genesis and Validity: The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History''
*2023 ''Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School under Pressure''

==See also==
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*[[American philosophy]]
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*[[List of American philosophers]]

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== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://history.berkeley.edu/people/martin-e-jay Martin Jay's Faculty Page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120415015908/http://history.berkeley.edu/people/martin-e-jay Martin Jay's Faculty Page]
*[http://joc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/3/1/109?ck=nck An Interview with Martin Jay on the topic of Consumption]
*[http://joc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/3/1/109?ck=nck An Interview with Martin Jay on the topic of Consumption]
*[http://www.krisis.eu/content/2010-1/krisis-2010-1-00-completeissue.pdf History, Experience, and Politics: An Interview with Martin Jay]-
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100928162403/http://www.krisis.eu/content/2010-1/krisis-2010-1-00-completeissue.pdf History, Experience, and Politics: An Interview with Martin Jay]-
*The Modernist Imagination:Intellectual History and Critical Theory: Essays in Honor of Martin Jay, eds. Warren Breckman, Peter E. Gordon, A. Dirk Moses, Samuel Moyn and Elliot Neaman (New York, Berghahn Books, 2009).
*The Modernist Imagination:Intellectual History and Critical Theory: Essays in Honor of Martin Jay, eds. Warren Breckman, Peter E. Gordon, A. Dirk Moses, Samuel Moyn and Elliot Neaman (New York, Berghahn Books, 2009).
* [http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/martin-jay-2014-11-25 "Pants on Fire: The Straight Goods on Lying - A Conversation with Martin Jay"], ''Ideas Roadshow'', 2015
* [http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/martin-jay-2014-11-25 "Pants on Fire: The Straight Goods on Lying - A Conversation with Martin Jay"], ''Ideas Roadshow'', 2015
* [https://newbooksnetwork.com/martin-jay-splinters-in-your-eye-frankfurt-school-provocations-verso-2020/ An Interview with Martin Jay about his 2020 work ''Splinters in Your Eye'' with the New Books Network]


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Latest revision as of 19:40, 31 October 2024

Martin Jay
Jay in 2014
Born
Martin Evan Jay

(1944-05-04) May 4, 1944 (age 80)
New York City, New York, US
Other namesMartin E. Jay
SpouseCatherine Gallagher (m. c. 1973)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisFrankfurt School[1] (1971)
Doctoral advisorH. Stuart Hughes
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineIntellectual history
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral students
Main interests
Notable worksThe Dialectical Imagination (1973)

Martin Evan Jay (born May 4, 1944) is an American intellectual historian whose research interests connected history with the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, social theory, cultural criticism, and historiography.

He is currently the Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.

Career

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Jay received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Union College in 1965. In 1971, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in history at Harvard University under the tutelage of H. Stuart Hughes. His dissertation was later revised into the book The Dialectical Imagination, which covers the history of the Frankfurt School from 1923 to 1950. While he was conducting research for his dissertation, he established a correspondence and friendship with many Frankfurt School members. Leo Löwenthal provided him access to personal letters and documents for his research. Jay's work since then has explored Marxism, socialism, historiography, cultural criticism, visual culture, and the place of post-structuralism and post-modernism in European intellectual history. His current research is focused on nominalism and photography. He is a recipient of the 2010/2011 Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin.[citation needed] In 2023, he published a sequel to The Dialectical Imagination on the contemporary turns in Critical Theory, entitled Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School Under Pressure.[2]

He also has a regular column in the quarterly journal Salmagundi.

Personal life

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Jay was born on May 4, 1944, in New York City.[3] He is Jewish.[4] He married English professor and literary critic Catherine Gallagher circa 1973; they met in 1970 at Berkeley when she was an English graduate student and he was an assistant professor of history.[5]

Published works

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  • 1973 The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
  • 1984 Marxism and Totality: The Adventures of a Concept from Lukács to Habermas
  • 1984 Adorno. Fontana Modern Masters.
  • 1985 Permanent Exiles: Essays on the Intellectual Migration from Germany to America
  • 1988 Fin-de-Siècle Socialism and Other Essays
  • 1993 Force Fields: Between Intellectual History and Cultural Criticism
  • 1993 Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought
  • 1998 Cultural Semantics: Keywords of the Age
  • 2003 Refractions of Violence
  • 2004 Songs of Experience: Modern American and European Variations on a Universal Theme
  • 2010 The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying in Politics
  • 2011 Essays from the Edge: Parerga and Paralipomena
  • 2016 Reason after Its Eclipse: On Late Critical Theory
  • 2020 Splinters in Your Eye: Frankfurt School Provocations
  • 2021 Genesis and Validity: The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History
  • 2023 Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School under Pressure

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jay, Martin (1971). Frankfurt School: An Intellectual History of the Institut für Sozialforschung, 1924–1950 (PhD thesis). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. OCLC 24165892.
  2. ^ Martin Jay, Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School Under Pressure (London: Verso, 2023).
  3. ^ "Martin E. Jay". Department of History - University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Jay, Martin (September 19, 2008). "Joseph Finkelstein". The New York Times. New York, New York. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Rimer, Sara (September 30, 2003). "Universities Tighten Rules on Faculty–Student Relationships". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
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