Interdisciplinarity

by Joe Moran, John Drakakis (Series Editor)

Interdisciplinarity covers one of the most important changes in attitude and methodology in the history of the university. Taking the study of English as its main example, this fully updated second edition examines the ways in which we have organized knowledge into disciplines, and are now reorganizing it into new configurations as existing structures come to seem restrictive. Joe Moran traces the history and use of the term ‘interdisciplinarity’, tackling such vital topics Including an updated further reading section and new concluding chapter, Interdisciplinarity is the ideal entry point into one of today's most heated critical debates.

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science, Cultural Studies, Education, Theory

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2001

About the author

Joe Moran is Professor of English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University and is the author of seven books, including Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime, Armchair Nation: An Intimate History of Britain in Front of the TV, Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness and First You Write a Sentence. He writes for, among others, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Times Literary Supplement.

Reviews

[Kasia · Rating 3 out of 5]

read this for my intro to culture, communication and technology class- it provides a solid history of the disciples for how to approach knowledge and integrate them. However, it speaks only to the social sciences and does not consider any "hard sciences."