This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
What is the purpose of social science? How can social science make
itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the
twenty-first century? The social sciences are under threat from two
main sources. One is external, reflected in a global university
crisis that imposes the marketization of higher education on the
ancient practice of scholarship. The other, internal threat is
social science's withdrawal from publicly-engaged teaching and
research into the protective bunker of disciplinarity. In
articulating a vision for the public role of social science in the
twenty-first century, John Brewer argues that these threats also
constitute an opportunity for a new public social science to
emerge, confident in its public value and fully engaged with the
future of humanity in its teaching, research and civic
responsibilities, while also remaining committed to science. The
argument is presented in the form of an interpretive essay:
thought-provoking, forward-looking, and challenging to intellectual
orthodoxy. It should be read and debated by all researchers and
teachers in the social science disciplines who are concerned by the
future of higher education and the relevance of their subjects to
the future of humankind.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2013 |
| First published: |
May 2013 |
| Authors: |
John D Brewer
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78093-174-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Higher & further education >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-78093-174-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781780931746 |
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