The Humanities in the New Millennium

Edited by Susanne Peters, Michael Biddiss and Ian F. Roe.

The work presents essays which assess the general state of the Humanities in the face of a number of challenges, such as the questioning of their public relevance and of their status relative to the natural sciencs, or the change to the organization of humanistc research that are being prompted by new methods of funding or by the revolution in electronic publishing and library provision. Other essays aiming to illuminate aspects of contemporary practice within some of the major disciplines. 294 Seiten mit Abb., gebunden (Kultur und Erkenntnis; Band 24/Francke Verlag 2000)