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The Public Value of the Humanities
By Jonathan Bate (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Bloomsbury USA Academic
Publication date April 15, 2011
Pages 319
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781849660624
ISBN-10 184966062X
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.15 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $34.95
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Recession is a time for asking fundamental questions about value. At a time when governments are being forced to make swinging savings in public expenditure, why should they continue to invest public money funding research into ancient Greek tragedy, literary value, philosophical conundrums or the aesthetics of design? Does such research deliver "value for money" and "public benefit"? Such questions have become especially pertinent in the UK in recent years, in the context of the drive by government to instrumentalize research across the disciplines and the prominence of discussions about "economic impact" and "knowledge transfer".

In this book a group of distinguished humanities researchers, all working in Britain, but publishing research of international importance, reflect on the public value of their discipline, using particular research projects as case-studies. Their essays are passionate, sometimes polemical, often witty and consistently thought-provoking, covering a range of humanities disciplines from theology to architecture and from media studies to anthropology.

 
 
 


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from Bloomsbury USA Academic (April 28, 2011)
9781849664714 | details & prices | 319 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $100.00
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from Bloomsbury USA Academic (April 15, 2011)
9781849660624 | details & prices | 319 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $34.95
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