Genesis and Validity: The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History

by Martin Jay

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224965
• ISBN13: 9780812224962
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"