Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Utility and Markets

By Eleonora Belfiore and Anna Upchurch

Book Overview

This collection of essays by scholars with expertise in a range of fields, cultural professionals and policy makers explores different ways in which the arts and humanities contribute to dealing with the challenges of contemporary society in ways that do not rely on simplistic and questionable notions of socio-economic impact as a proxy for value.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230366635
• ISBN13: 9780230366633
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"