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Progress in the humanities? : comparing the objects of culture and science /
Money and support tend to flow in the direction of economics, science, and other academic departments that demonstrate measurable ""progress."" The humanities, on the other hand, offer more abstract and uncertain outcomes. A humanist's objects of study are more obscure in ce...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Money and support tend to flow in the direction of economics, science, and other academic departments that demonstrate measurable ""progress."" The humanities, on the other hand, offer more abstract and uncertain outcomes. A humanist's objects of study are more obscure in certain ways than pathogens and cells. Consequently, it seems as if the humanities never truly progress. Is this a fair assessment?By comparing objects of science, such as the brain, the galaxy, the amoeba, and the quark, with objects of humanistic inquiry, such as the poem, the photograph, the belief, and the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231519816 0231519818 0231147902 9780231147903 |