{"product_id":"the-humanities-the-social-sciences-harry-redner-9781032410036","title":"The Humanities, the Social Sciences and the University: A Study in Knowledge Production","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Humanities, the Social Sciences and the University\u003c\/em\u003e is an intellectual history of research in the humanities and social sciences. It scrutinizes the priorities, values, objectives and publishing agendas of the modern university in order to assess the institutional pressures on research in major disciplines such as literature, history, sociology and economics. It argues that all these disciplines are currently experiencing a deep malaise - though to different degrees - due to loss of faith in the Enlightenment project, which entailed the pursuit of knowledge through reason. Extreme scepticism, promoted since the 1970s by French Theory, which regards knowledge as an instrument of power, is a major factor in this disorientation. Overall, the book concludes that though universities have grown stronger, wealthier and more powerful in the last century, the quality and seriousness of the research they typically produce are weaker and intellectually less important and the institution is in danger of losing its way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, education and intellectual history with interests in higher education policy and academic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Redner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032410035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032410036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Harry Redner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087512285439,"sku":"9781032410036","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aaea209c-f45a-4186-ad68-81b69e490d1e.jpg?v=1769100484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-humanities-the-social-sciences-harry-redner-9781032410036","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}