The Politics of Research (Millenial Shift)

Levine, George [Editor]; Kaplan, E. Ann [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0813524199 / ISBN 13: 9780813524191

Edité par Rutgers University Press, 1997

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• Titre: The Politics of Research (Millenial Shift)
• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0813524199
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780813524191
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 15 onces

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Synopsis

"Eloquent, provocative, and timely, these essays provide a thoughtful, undoctrinaire defense of the centrality of the humanities to higher education--and society--at the millennium."--Cora Kaplan, University of Southampton The crisis in the humanities and higher education intensifies daily. The partisan din drowns out the voices of those thinkers who have resisted the seductions of strong ideology. Against the tendencies of the extreme attacks on higher education from the right and the counterattacks from the left, many academics would prefer to get beyond critical fashions and easy slogans. In this collection, leading scholars demonstrate how the current furor threatens the critical analysis of culture, so vital to a healthy society. They explore the historical sources of the crisis, the relations between politics and research, the responsibilities and possibilities of the academic intellectual, the structure of the institution of the university, the functions and achievements of the humanities, and the development of interdisciplinarity as a catalyst for change. This volume is a necessary resource for understanding the current crisis and for transforming the academy as we approach the twenty-first century. The contributors are Jonathan Arac, Lauren Berlant, Peter Brooks, Roman de la Campa, Myra Jehlen, Stanley Katz, Richard Kramer, Dominick LaCapra, George Levine, Ellen Messer-Davidow, Helene Moglen, Bill Readings, and Bruce Robbins. E. Ann Kaplan is the director of The Humanities Institute at the State University of New York at Stony Brook

À propos de l'auteur

George Levine is Emeritus Professor at Rutgers University. His work has focused on Victorian fiction, George Eliot, and Darwin and his relation to the novel and, more recently, on the relation of science to literature and aesthetics, and secularism.

E. Ann Kaplan is an American professor, author, and director. She currently teaches English at the Stony Brook State University of New York, and is the founder and director of The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University.