Breaking the Disciplines - Reconceptions in Culture, Knowledge and Art (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

International scholars explore the ways in which knowledge actually operates, showing the limitations of now outmoded disciplines. Coming from fields as diverse as anthropology, philosophy, literature, aesthetics and art practice, together they break down the boundaries between entrenched domains of knowledge. Studies of objects which confound traditional definitions - including a mechanical cow invented by an Irish farmer, and the curious case of a mechanical monk - show how a close look at an individual object can, paradoxically, open up dynamic new "reconceptions" of traditional systems of knowledge. With social uses of knowledge currently a matter of public debate, this should be a timely text.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	November 2003
Authors:	Marsha Meskimmon • Martin L. Davies
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-86064-917-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-86064-917-3
Barcode:	9781860649172

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