The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines (Paperback or Softback)

Szanton, David

ISBN 10: 0520245369 / ISBN 13: 9780520245365

Published by University of California Press 9/20/2004, 2004

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The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines (Paperback or Softback)
• Publisher: University of California Press 9/20/2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520245369
• ISBN 13: 9780520245365
• Binding: Paperback or Softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

The usefulness and political implications of Area Studies programs are currently debated within the Academy and the Administration, where they are often treated as one homogenous and stagnant domain of scholarship. The essays in this volume document the various fields’ distinctive character and internal heterogeneity as well as the dynamism resulting from their evolving engagements with funders, US and international politics, and domestic constituencies. The authors were chosen for their long-standing interest in the intellectual evolution of their fields. They describe the origins and histories of US-based Area Studies programs, highlighting their complex, generative, and sometimes contentious relationships with the social science and humanities disciplines and their diverse contributions to the regions of the world with which they are concerned.

About the Author

David L. Szanton worked for many years at the Ford Foundation and the Social Science Research Council before coming to the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as the Executive Director of International and Area Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.