Humanities, the Social Sciences and the University - A Study in Knowledge Production

A survey of the trajectory of research in literature, history, sociology, and economics over the past century, as well as the values, priorities and agendas of the modern research university, this book argues that in spite of its wealth, power and success, the modern university, has lost its way, resulting in a depreciation of its value.

List of contents

1.Literature and Criticism - revitalizing a dynamic relationship 2.History - the need for a new grand narrative 3.Sociology - the search for a common theoretical core 4.Economics - bridging the divide between scientific and socio-historical models 5.From the University to the Multiversity - and beyond 6.Academia and Publishing - a fraught relationship

About the author

Harry Redner was Reader at Monash University. He also held endowed chairs at Darmstadt and Kassel Universities in Germany and visiting professorships at Yale, the University of California at Berkeley, Haifa University and the École des Hautes Études in Paris. He was the author of 18 books ranging across the natural and social sciences and the humanities, notably Beyond Civilization: Society, Culture and the Individual in the Age of Globalization, Quintessence of Dust: The Science of Matter and the Philosophy of Mind and Politics, Ethics and Culture in our Time: A Post-civilizational Perspective.

Summary

A survey of the trajectory of research in literature, history, sociology, and economics over the past century, as well as the values, priorities and agendas of the modern research university, this book argues that in spite of its wealth, power and success, the modern university, has lost its way, resulting in a depreciation of its value.

Product details

• Authors: Harry Redner, Redner Harry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032410036
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241003-6
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Morality, Society and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, HISTORY / Historiography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Historiography, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Sociology: work & labour, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Sociology: work and labour, Moral & social purpose of education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher