Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought by Martin Jay

Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought

Martin Jay

648 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Long considered "the noblest of the senses," vision has increasingly come under critical scrutiny by a wide range of thinkers who question its dominance in Western culture. These critics of vision, especially prominent in twentieth-century France,...

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