Permanent Exiles - Essays on the Intellectual Migration From Germany to America

Charts the flight of some of this century's most important thinkers from Nazi Germany to the United States. Jay explores the theories of The Frankfurt School -- among them, the work of Theodor Adorno, Leo Lowenthal and Herbert Marcuse -- as well, such as George Lichtheim, Hannah Arendt, and Henry Pachter.

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Martin Jay

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Charts the flight of some of this century's most important thinkers from Nazi Germany to the United States. Jay explores the theories of The Frankfurt School -- among them, the work of Theodor Adorno, Leo Lowenthal and Herbert Marcuse -- as well, such as George Lichtheim, Hannah Arendt, and Henry Pachter.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Jay
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.1990
• EAN: 9780231060738
• ISBN: 978-0-231-06073-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples