Academic Instincts

Name: Academic Instincts
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ISBN: 9780691115719

ISBN-10: 0691115710

ISBN-13: 9780691115719

Edition: 2000

Authors: Marjorie Garber

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In this lively and provocative book, cultural critic Marjorie Garber, who has written on topics as different as Shakespeare, dogs, cross-dressing, and real estate, explores the pleasures and pitfalls of the academic life.Academic Instinctsdiscusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in recent debates about the humanities: the relation between "amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language." Rather than merely taking sides, the book explores the ways in which such debates are essential to intellectual life. Garber argues that the very things deplored or defended in discussions of…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 9/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.85" wide x 8.43" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



The Amateur Professional and the Professional Amateur



Discipline Envy



Terms of Art


Notes


Index