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In Defense of Disciplines
Jerry A. Jacobs
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Description for In Defense of Disciplines
Paperback. Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, the author contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: GP; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, Jerry Jacobs contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced. Drawing on diverse sources of data, Jacobs offers a new theory of liberal arts disciplines such as biology, economics, and history that ... Read more
Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, Jerry Jacobs contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced. Drawing on diverse sources of data, Jacobs offers a new theory of liberal arts disciplines such as biology, economics, and history that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226069326
SKU
V9780226069326
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About Jerry A. Jacobs
Jerry Jacobs is professor of sociology at the University of Pennyslvania. He is coauthor, with Ann Boulis, of The Changing Face of Medicine: Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America and, with Kathleen Gerson, of The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality, among others. He lives near Philadelphia.
Reviews for In Defense of Disciplines
"I congratulate Jerry Jacobs for the rigor of his research and the strenuousness of his arguments. There is revealing new information and necessary clarity and clarification in these pages. His critique of some of the most egregious assaults on the disciplines is especially noteworthy and the case studies are valuable. This is a book that we need." (Harvey J. Graff, ... Read more