Professor Emeritus Martin Jay's New Book Magical Nominalism Has Officially Been Released

January 10, 2025

Cover photo of Martin Jay's book Magical Nominalism The Historical Event, Aesthetic Reenchantment, and the Photograph

Professor Emeritus Martin Jay's new book Magical Nominalism: The Historical Event, Aesthetic Reenchantment, and the Photograph has officially been released by the University of Chicago Press. Jay's new book is said to be "a bold and wide-ranging study across centuries, examining the conflict between “conventional” and “magical” nominalism in philosophy, history, aesthetics, political theory, and photography." (UCP, 2025) You can read more about it here.

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