Blow Up the Humanities
by Miller, Toby
A short, sharp, and provocative book, Blow Up the Humanities has esteemed scholar Toby Miller declaring that there are two humanities in the United States. One is the venerable, powerful humanities of private universities; the other is the humanities of state schools, which focus mainly on job prospects. There is a class division between the two-both in terms of faculty research and student background-and it must end.Miller critically lays waste to the system. He examines scholarly publishing a…
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- Full title :Blow Up the Humanities / Toby Miller.
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A short, sharp, and provocative book, Blow Up the Humanities has esteemed scholar Toby Miller declaring that there are two humanities in the United States. One is the venerable, powerful humanities of private universities; the other is the humanities of state schools, which focus mainly on job prospects. There is a class division between the two-both in terms of faculty research and student background-and it must end.Miller critically lays waste to the system. He examines scholarly publishing as well as media and cultural studies to show how to restructure the humanities.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Temple University Press
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
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Description based upon print version of record.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (172 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1439909849, 9781439909843, 1439909822, 9781439909829
- oclc:on1162484751
- LC Classification:LC1023
- Dewey Decimal:370.11/2
Table of Contents
Blow-up time -- The price of science -- Creative industries-credible alternative? -- A third humanities.
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