Martin Jay
Historian, Author
1944 –
Who is Martin Jay?
Martin Jay is the Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a renowned intellectual historian and his research interests have been groundbreaking in connecting history with other academic and intellectual activities, such as the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, other figures and methods in continental social theory, cultural criticism, and historiography among many others.
He is Jewish. He 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 that were crucial to Jay's research. His book is considered one of the most influential works in exposing the American Academy to the theoretical insight of the Frankfurt School.
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- Born
- May 4, 1944
New York City - Also known as
- Martin E. Jay
- Martin Evan Jay
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Union College
( - 1965) - PhD, Harvard University
History
( - 1971)
- Bachelor of Arts, Union College
- Employment
- University of California, Berkeley
- Lived in
- Berkley
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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