American Academic Culture in Transformation
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691058245 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pathbreaking Commentary on the Formation of Disciplines in the Academy Carl Schorske and Thomas Bender have edited a remarkable anthology, American Academic Culture in Transformation: Fifty Years, Four Disciplines, offering a historical commentary on the formation of the disciplines of Economics, Political Science, Philosophy and English, since 19Pathbreaking Commentary on the Formation of Disciplines in the Academy off the tropic Carl Schorske and Thomas Bender have edited a remarkable anthology, American Academic Culture in Transformation: Fifty Years, Four Disciplines, offering a historical commentary on the formation of the disciplines of Economics, Political Science, Philosophy and English, since 1945, as an explanatory complement t. 5, as an explanatory complement t. More history than information I expect to see more information, reference rather than the history of US universities. First half are spent for the history and history. Even though I like the history, the author should put more effort in making comparison than fact.
They also compare the very different paths the disciplines have followed within the academy and the consequent alterations in their relations to the larger public.Initiated by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the study was first published in Daedalus in its 1997 winter issue. H. Historians examine the external context for these changes--including the Cold War, Vietnam, feminism, civil rights, and multiculturalism. In this book, however, eminent academic figures who have helped to produce many of the changes of the last fifty years explore how four disciplines in the social sciences and humanities--political science, economics, philosophy, and literary studies--have been transformed.Edited by the distinguished historians Thomas Bender and Carl Schorske, the book places academic developments in their intellectual and socio-political contexts. The contributors are M. Abrams, William Barber, Thomas Bender, Catherine Gallagher, Charles Lindblom, Ro