Interdisciplinarity - 2nd Edition

Informationen zum Autor Joe Moran is Reader in Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. His books include Reading the Everyday (2005) and On Roads: A Hidden History (2009), and he is also a regular contributor to the New Statesman , the Guardian and the Financial Times. Klappentext Interdisciplinarity covers one of the most important changes in attitude and methodology in the history of the university. Taking the study of English as its main example, this fully updated second edition examines the ways in which we have organized knowledge into disciplines, and are now reorganizing it into new configurations as existing structures come to seem restrictive. Joe Moran traces the history and use of the term 'interdisciplinarity', tackling such vital topics as: the rise of the disciplines interdisciplinary English Literary and Cultural Studies 'theory' and the disciplines texts and histories literature and science, space and nature. Including an updated further reading section and new concluding chapter, Interdisciplinarity is the ideal entry point into one of today's most heated critical debates. Zusammenfassung Traces the history and use of the term and tackles such topics as the rise of the disciplines and interdisciplinary English. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1. Interdisciplinary English 2. Literature into Culture 3. Theory and the Disciplines 4. Texts in History 5. Science, Space and Nature Conclusion: Interdisciplinarity today

Sommario

Preface to the Second Edition  Introduction  1. Interdisciplinary English  2. Literature into Culture  3. Theory and the Disciplines  4. Texts in History  5. Science, Space and Nature  Conclusion: Interdisciplinarity today

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joe Moran, Joe (Liverpool John Moores University Moran, Moran Joe
• Con la collaborazione di: John Drakakis (Editore), John Drakakis (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.02.2010
• EAN: 9780415560078
• ISBN: 978-0-415-56007-8
• Pagine: 214
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 197 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: The New Critical Idiom; The New Critical Idiom; Print on demand
• Categorie: Saggistica > Strumenti per lo studio / preparazione alla maturità > Opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; History, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Humanities, Literary studies: general, Literary theory