Martin Jay: An Intellectual Picture
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Martin Jay, Critical Theory, Visual Studies, Negativity, Parrhesia, PostsecularismAbstract
The following interview took place on June 6, 2018 as part of the interview series “The Intellectual and his/her Memory” of the School of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Granada. During the interview, Jay reflected upon his intellectual career, the current state of critical theory and dialectical categories, the status of truth in our time, postsecularism and identity politics.Downloads
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