Public value of the humanities (Record no. 54443)
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fixed length control field | 01459nam a22001577a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781849660624 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 001.3072041 |
Item number | PUB |
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Title | Public value of the humanities |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Bloomsbury |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 319p. |
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General note | 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".<br/><br/>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.<br/> <br/> |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Humanities |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social Values |
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Personal name | Bate, Jonathan,Ed. |
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