Sustainable knowledge
a theory of interdisciplinarity
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Author
Publication
2014 - Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Language
English
Word Count
31,750 words, Guess
Page Count
127 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30975163M
- ISBN-139781137303011
- ISBN-101137303018
- OCLC Control Number868268880
- Library of Congress Control Number2013454804
Classifications
- DDC001
- LCCBD255 .F76 2014
Description
What is the future of the university? The modern university system, created in the late 19th century and developed across the 20th century, was built upon the notion of disciplinarity. Today the social, epistemological, and technological conditions that supported the disciplinary pursuit of knowledge are coming to an end. Knowledge production has itself become unsustainable: we are drowning in knowledge even as new PhDs cannot find work. "Sustainable Knowledge" explores these questions and offers a new account of what is at stake in talk about 'interdisciplinarity'. "Sustainable Knowledge" develops two themes. First, it offers an account of contemporary knowledge production in terms of the concepts of disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and sustainability. Second, it reconceives the role of philosophy and the humanities both within the academy and across society. It argues that philosophy and the humanities must reinvent themselves, taking on the Socratic task of providing a historical and philosophical critique of society.
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- Palgrave pivot
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