Sustainable Knowledge: A Theory of Interdisciplinarity

by Robert Frodeman

Book Overview

What is the future of the university? The modern university system, created in the late 19th century and developed across the 20th century, was built upon the notion of disciplinarity. Today the social, epistemological, and technological conditions that supported the disciplinary pursuit of knowledge are coming to an end. Knowledge production has itself become unsustainable: we are drowning in knowledge even as new PhDs cannot find work. Sustainable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137303018
• ISBN13: 9781137303011
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"