Interdisciplinarity: Reconfigurations of the Social and Natural Sciences

by Andrew Barry

Book Overview

The idea that research should become more interdisciplinary has become commonplace. According to influential commentators, the unprecedented complexity of problems such as climate change or the social implications of biomedicine demand interdisciplinary efforts integrating both the social and natural sciences. In this context, the question of whether a given knowledge practice is too disciplinary, or interdisciplinary, or not disciplinary enough...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415578922
• ISBN13: 9780415578929
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"