Knowledge for What?: The Place of Social Science in American Culture.

by Robert Staughton Lynd

Book Overview

Reprint of a classic work that recognized the specialization & fragmentation pervading the social sciences & the tendency among social scientists to separate their studies from values.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819561703
• ISBN13: 9780819561701
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Wesleyan
• Length: 287 Pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent historical perspective and still relevant today

Very interesting book for it's historical perspective (it's based on lectures given in 1938). Lynd argues that values must be considered in academics, and that values should guide our choice of research. He also calls on tenured faculty to take the initiative to oppose those forces which would constrain the freedom to work on issues that would improve human lives. Excellent read and still relevant today.