Bal, Mieke, 1946-

Travelling concepts in the humanities : a rough guide / Mieke Bal.

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2002.

xvi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Green College lectures

Attempting to bridge the gap between specialised scholarship in the humanistic disciplines and an interdisciplinary project of cultural analysis, Mieke Bal has written an intellectual travel guide that charts the course 'beyond' cultural studies. As with any guide, it can be used in a number of ways and the reader can follow or willfully ignore any of the paths it maps or signposts. Bal's focus for this book is the idea that interdisciplinarity in the humanities - necessary, exciting, serious - must seek its heuristic and methodological basis in concepts rather than its methods. Concepts are not grids to put over an object. The counterpart of any given concept is the cultural text or work or 'thing' that constitutes the object of analysis. No concept is meaningful for cultural analysis unless it helps us to understand the object better on its own terms. -- Description from http://www.utppublishing.com (April 20, 2012).

0802035299 (bound)
9780802035295
0802084109 (pbk.)
9780802084101

Humanities.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Humanités.
Interdisciplinarité.
Ästhetik
Geisteswissenschaften
Interdisziplinarität
Konzeption
Kulturwissenschaften
Theorie
Concepten.
Geesteswetenschappen.

Marx-Macdonald, Sherry.
Green College thematic lecture series.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 225671
Cote: AZ515.Z5 B3 2002
Statut: Disponible