Integrating the Human Sciences - Enhancing Progress Coherence Across Social Sciences Humanities

What if we recognized that human sciences collectively investigate a few dozen key phenomena that interact with each other? Can we imagine a human science that would seek to stitch its understandings of this system of phenomena into a coherent whole? If so, what would that look like?

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Research in Human Science 3. Connecting to Other Suggestions for Reform of the Human Sciences 4. Research in Human Science Fields 5. Teaching in Human Science 6. Reorganizing Our Libraries 7. Informing Public Policy 8. Administering Transformation; Transforming Administration 9. Concluding Remarks

About the author

Rick Szostak is Professor of Economics at the University of Alberta. He is the author of 20 books, 60 journal articles, and dozens of book chapters and encyclopedia articles across a dozen fields, especially economic history, world history, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and future studies.

Summary

What if we recognized that human sciences collectively investigate a few dozen key phenomena that interact with each other? Can we imagine a human science that would seek to stitch its understandings of this system of phenomena into a coherent whole? If so, what would that look like?

Product details

• Authors: Rick Szostak, Rick (University of Alberta Szostak, Szostak Rick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032230184
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3223018-4
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / General, Language, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, MUSIC / General, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Anthropology, Philosophy, Religion: general, Philosophy of Mathematics, Literary studies: general, Language and Linguistics