Academic instincts

by Garber, Marjorie B.

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"In this book, cultural critic Marjorie Garber, who has written on topics as different as Shakespeare, dogs, cross-dressing, and real estate, explores the pleasures and pitfalls of academic life. Academic Instincts discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in recent debates about the humanities: the relation between amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language." Rather than merely …

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  • Full title :Academic instincts / Marjorie Garber ; [illustrated by Sir John Tenniell].

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"In this book, cultural critic Marjorie Garber, who has written on topics as different as Shakespeare, dogs, cross-dressing, and real estate, explores the pleasures and pitfalls of academic life. Academic Instincts discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in recent debates about the humanities: the relation between amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language." Rather than merely taking sides, the book explores the ways in which such debates are essential to intellectual life. Garber argues that the very things deplored or defended in discussions of the humanities can be neither eliminated nor endorsed because the discussion itself is what gives humanistic thought its vitality." --Résumé de l'éditeur.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2001.

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Cover title.

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 24 févr. 2012).

TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn785347950
  • LC Classification:AZ182
  • Dewey Decimal:001.3/071/1

Subjects

Academic writing Écriture savante Enseignement universitaire -- Programme… Humanities -- Philosophy Humanities -- Study and teaching (Highe… Learning and scholarship Literature -- Study and teaching (Highe… Livres électroniques Savoir et érudition Universities and colleges -- Curricula

Writers

Garber, Marjorie B. Tenniell, John

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